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Just had a great conversation on the Science Talk podcast about environmental realism and why clear science communication matters more than ever. Grateful for the invitation. Highly recommend giving it a listen.
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Mass Extinction I Four Truths about Climate Change I Toxins Making Earth Uninhabitable
YouTube video by Science Talk
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Just had a great conversation on the Science Talk podcast about environmental realism and why clear science communication matters more than ever. Grateful for the invitation. Highly recommend giving it a listen.
youtu.be/O2R9ji3Y5bA?...
youtu.be/O2R9ji3Y5bA?...
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Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted.
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, study shows
The first analysis of recent extinctions across plants and animals finds that, contrary to previous studies, the rate at which many groups of organisms have gone extinct has declined over the last 100...
news.arizona.edu
December 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted.
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
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Frogs eating giant hornets is a good reminder: biodiverse ecosystems are the best defense we have against invasive species and climate disruption………And they’re the first thing we sacrifice.
apple.news/ARYJi9013Q6K...
apple.news/ARYJi9013Q6K...
Pond frogs devour murder hornets, stinger and all — Popular Science
Pond frogs devour murder hornets, stinger and all Insect venom means nothing to some amphibians. The black-spotted pond frog shows remarkable tolerance to venomous stings from an Asian giant hornet. T...
apple.news
December 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Frogs eating giant hornets is a good reminder: biodiverse ecosystems are the best defense we have against invasive species and climate disruption………And they’re the first thing we sacrifice.
apple.news/ARYJi9013Q6K...
apple.news/ARYJi9013Q6K...
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After reading this, I feel quite buoyed by the thought of the miniscule length of time left before humans will be extinct.
December 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
After reading this, I feel quite buoyed by the thought of the miniscule length of time left before humans will be extinct.
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End of the night
December 7, 2025 at 4:35 AM
End of the night
& the paper in the article is minimizing the 6th extinction so it’s being shared widely on x by climate deniers. reality is many well known species are on the edge of existence. here is how Corey Bradshaw explains the 6th mass extinction much better than that frustrating paper
December 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
& the paper in the article is minimizing the 6th extinction so it’s being shared widely on x by climate deniers. reality is many well known species are on the edge of existence. here is how Corey Bradshaw explains the 6th mass extinction much better than that frustrating paper
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Over the past 600 million years, biomass never disappeared as fast as it does today. Only during the worst phases of mass extinctions has biomass declined faster than species loss. Today, we can destroy ecosystems & habitats directly and much faster than climate change, like in the past, ever could.
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Over the past 600 million years, biomass never disappeared as fast as it does today. Only during the worst phases of mass extinctions has biomass declined faster than species loss. Today, we can destroy ecosystems & habitats directly and much faster than climate change, like in the past, ever could.
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Just in case you have missed our conversation with @race2extinct.bsky.social on extinction, planet 🌎, species, climate change, and doomers.
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Mass Extinction I Four Truths about Climate Change I Toxins Making Earth Uninhabitable
YouTube video by Science Talk
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Just in case you have missed our conversation with @race2extinct.bsky.social on extinction, planet 🌎, species, climate change, and doomers.
youtu.be/O2R9ji3Y5bA?...
youtu.be/O2R9ji3Y5bA?...
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We’ve covered the planet with 10,000+ cities and millions of miles of asphalt and concrete….surfaces that absorb and re-radiate heat far more intensely than natural land cover.
They don’t replace greenhouse warming. They amplify it.
They don’t replace greenhouse warming. They amplify it.
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We’ve covered the planet with 10,000+ cities and millions of miles of asphalt and concrete….surfaces that absorb and re-radiate heat far more intensely than natural land cover.
They don’t replace greenhouse warming. They amplify it.
They don’t replace greenhouse warming. They amplify it.
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Lyle also described the USFWS
Abysmal leaders, rampant mediocrity, rewarded incompetence, a dysfunctional culture perverted by groupthink
Narcissistic career leadership, empty suits, laser focused on self-promotion at the expense of Science,the U.S. Constitution, & protection of imperiled species
Abysmal leaders, rampant mediocrity, rewarded incompetence, a dysfunctional culture perverted by groupthink
Narcissistic career leadership, empty suits, laser focused on self-promotion at the expense of Science,the U.S. Constitution, & protection of imperiled species
December 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Lyle also described the USFWS
Abysmal leaders, rampant mediocrity, rewarded incompetence, a dysfunctional culture perverted by groupthink
Narcissistic career leadership, empty suits, laser focused on self-promotion at the expense of Science,the U.S. Constitution, & protection of imperiled species
Abysmal leaders, rampant mediocrity, rewarded incompetence, a dysfunctional culture perverted by groupthink
Narcissistic career leadership, empty suits, laser focused on self-promotion at the expense of Science,the U.S. Constitution, & protection of imperiled species
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My conversation with @tzeporah.bsky.social on COP30, fossil fuel industry, lobbying, climate change, climate and health, and more. @scitalkofficial.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social @cop30brazil.bsky.social @race2extinct.bsky.social
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@standupforscience.bsky.social @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social @cop30brazil.bsky.social @race2extinct.bsky.social
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5°C Without Paris Agreement I COP30 and Fossil Fuel Phaseout I Cleaner, Safer, and Affordable Energy
YouTube video by Science Talk
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December 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My conversation with @tzeporah.bsky.social on COP30, fossil fuel industry, lobbying, climate change, climate and health, and more. @scitalkofficial.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social @cop30brazil.bsky.social @race2extinct.bsky.social
youtu.be/odPhOSLTQB0?...
@standupforscience.bsky.social @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social @cop30brazil.bsky.social @race2extinct.bsky.social
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Congress has turned the unlimited power of the Federal GOV on the non-profit Center for Biological Diversity
Why? Bc the CBD is opposing a foreign-owned corporation from mining the Boundary Waters Canoe National Wilderness in MN
Old enough to remember when USFWS would be fighting this obscenity…
Why? Bc the CBD is opposing a foreign-owned corporation from mining the Boundary Waters Canoe National Wilderness in MN
Old enough to remember when USFWS would be fighting this obscenity…
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Congress has turned the unlimited power of the Federal GOV on the non-profit Center for Biological Diversity
Why? Bc the CBD is opposing a foreign-owned corporation from mining the Boundary Waters Canoe National Wilderness in MN
Old enough to remember when USFWS would be fighting this obscenity…
Why? Bc the CBD is opposing a foreign-owned corporation from mining the Boundary Waters Canoe National Wilderness in MN
Old enough to remember when USFWS would be fighting this obscenity…
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When global temperatures shot up by ~6°C about 56 million years ago, plants were unable to thrive
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly
It could be a sign of what’s to come.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
When global temperatures shot up by ~6°C about 56 million years ago, plants were unable to thrive
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
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China's krill fleet grows to almost double the size of Norway's
Antarctica wildlife such and whales and penguins have to compete with huge industrial vessels for food and they are often left starving
Krill also play a vital role in regulating global climate
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
Antarctica wildlife such and whales and penguins have to compete with huge industrial vessels for food and they are often left starving
Krill also play a vital role in regulating global climate
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
China's krill fleet grows to almost double the size of Norway's
China now has nearly double the krill-fishing capacity of Norway, according to krill consultancy firm Tharos.
www.seafoodsource.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
China's krill fleet grows to almost double the size of Norway's
Antarctica wildlife such and whales and penguins have to compete with huge industrial vessels for food and they are often left starving
Krill also play a vital role in regulating global climate
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
Antarctica wildlife such and whales and penguins have to compete with huge industrial vessels for food and they are often left starving
Krill also play a vital role in regulating global climate
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
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Thanks to @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social and @motherjones.com for a fun interview!
How to make people want to read about climate change
Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Kolbert's new book is a master class in writing about the natural world.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Thanks to @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social and @motherjones.com for a fun interview!
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AI is only capable of output that is informed by human programming.
We have built an artificial world by manipulating our environment with the goal of easier survival; currently our undoing. We no longer live as do other creatures in the natural world and need to rejoin, but we have a problem.
We have built an artificial world by manipulating our environment with the goal of easier survival; currently our undoing. We no longer live as do other creatures in the natural world and need to rejoin, but we have a problem.
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
AI is only capable of output that is informed by human programming.
We have built an artificial world by manipulating our environment with the goal of easier survival; currently our undoing. We no longer live as do other creatures in the natural world and need to rejoin, but we have a problem.
We have built an artificial world by manipulating our environment with the goal of easier survival; currently our undoing. We no longer live as do other creatures in the natural world and need to rejoin, but we have a problem.
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Denial didn’t vanish. It learned how to look reasonable.
Today it sounds nuanced, balanced, even thoughtful….especially when amplified by Grok.
My new article explores how human denial of environmental issues has evolved into something far more sophisticated.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
Today it sounds nuanced, balanced, even thoughtful….especially when amplified by Grok.
My new article explores how human denial of environmental issues has evolved into something far more sophisticated.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
Grok and the Evolution of Reasonable Denial
How techno-optimism became the softest form of ecological dishonesty
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Denial didn’t vanish. It learned how to look reasonable.
Today it sounds nuanced, balanced, even thoughtful….especially when amplified by Grok.
My new article explores how human denial of environmental issues has evolved into something far more sophisticated.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
Today it sounds nuanced, balanced, even thoughtful….especially when amplified by Grok.
My new article explores how human denial of environmental issues has evolved into something far more sophisticated.
open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Buffel grass invasion is collapsing country and culture across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign and share this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign and share this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
Sign the Petition
Buffel Grass - Stop the Invasion
c.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Buffel grass invasion is collapsing country and culture across arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign and share this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
The federal government is not doing what it can to abate this threat.
Please sign and share this petition to call on federal ministers to take action.
c.org/wM5z5DhRJZ
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You can now follow ConservationBytes.com on Facebook https://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Corey-Bradshaw/100000800274845
November 15, 2024 at 1:25 PM
You can now follow ConservationBytes.com on Facebook https://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Corey-Bradshaw/100000800274845
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“A civilisation that can only manage to sustain itself through a series of hallucinations is nothing but a fraud waiting to become exposed by its worst enemy: reality”
December 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
“A civilisation that can only manage to sustain itself through a series of hallucinations is nothing but a fraud waiting to become exposed by its worst enemy: reality”
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This project isn't clean energy, it's an ecological and cultural travesty.
Solar belongs on rooftops and over parking lots. We have plenty of existing built space in which to locate it.
@governorferguson.bsky.social should have rejected this project.
Solar belongs on rooftops and over parking lots. We have plenty of existing built space in which to locate it.
@governorferguson.bsky.social should have rejected this project.
Yakama Nation says new solar power project will encroach on tribal resources
The Yakama Nation is expressing its disappointment with the approval of a solar power project by Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson, saying that it will encroach on tribal land and
www.applevalleynewsnow.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This project isn't clean energy, it's an ecological and cultural travesty.
Solar belongs on rooftops and over parking lots. We have plenty of existing built space in which to locate it.
@governorferguson.bsky.social should have rejected this project.
Solar belongs on rooftops and over parking lots. We have plenty of existing built space in which to locate it.
@governorferguson.bsky.social should have rejected this project.
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It comes as no surprise that Trump's nominee to head the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Steve Pearce, has regularly championed selling off public lands, opposed protections for special places, and worked to make it easier for oil and gas companies to operate on public lands.
December 6, 2025 at 4:43 AM
It comes as no surprise that Trump's nominee to head the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Steve Pearce, has regularly championed selling off public lands, opposed protections for special places, and worked to make it easier for oil and gas companies to operate on public lands.