Hakai Magazine
Boom and Bust, All at Once: The Fraught Modern History of Fish Meal
4 min · · How the cheap protein fueled the Global North’s agricultural expansion and destabilized the Global South. · Shared by 211, including Thomas Pleil
ipg-journal.de
Gierflation der Agrokonzerne
3 min · · Preisexplosion bei chemischen Düngemitteln: Das globale Ernährungssystem ist kaputt. · Shared by 5, including Thomas Pleil
The Guardian
Failure to protect nature is a bigger threat to humanity than inflation, Australian scientists warn
3 min · · ‘For just 10% of the stage-three tax cuts, we could recover every one of Australia’s almost 2,000 threatened species,’ says ecologist · Shared by 16, including Thomas Pleil, Carolyn Porco
reasonstobecheerful.world
Wind Farms and Birds Are Learning to Coexist
6 min · · With bird-tracking AI and turbines that grind to a halt before strikes occur, today's wind farms are safer than ever for travelers on the wing. · Shared by 122, including Thomas Pleil
environment.yale.edu
Conserving Wildlife Can Help Mitigate Climate Change
3 min · · Protecting and enhancing populations of key wildlife species across the world could significantly enhance natural carbon capture and storage and play a critical role mitigating climate change,… · Shared by 134, including Yale University, Thomas Pleil
Mongabay
Rewilding animals could be key for climate: Report
6 min · · When it comes to climate solutions, your first thought may not be the wildebeest. But in the Serengeti, these buffalo-looking antelopes are the key to carbon capture. Wildebeest eat large amounts of… · Shared by 96, including Thomas Pleil, Judith D. Schwartz
The Atavist Magazine
Sanctuary
20+ min · · A woman, an elephant, and their uncommon love story spanning more than half a century. · Shared by 232, including Thomas Pleil
grist
Want to sequester carbon? Save wild animals
4 min · · Research shows protecting even a small number of animal species would help capture enough carbon to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. · Shared by 116, including Thomas Pleil, Emily Johnston, Patrick Scheuerer, Svein Tveitdal
The Intercept
Addressing Climate Change Will Not “Save the Planet”
9 min · · The dismal reality is that green energy will save not the complex web of life on Earth but the particular way of life of one domineering species. · Shared by 140, including David Wallace-Wells, John Schwartz, Thomas Pleil
wissenschaftskommunikation.de
„Menschen müssen Biodiversität selbst sehen, um sich damit identifizieren zu können“
5 min · · Mit der App Flora Incognita können Menschen automatisch Pflanzen bestimmen. Dies sensibilisiere für Artenschutz sagen die Projektbeteiligten Anke Bebber und Michael Rzanny und sprechen im Interview… · Shared by 4, including Thomas Pleil
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
Children born today will see literally thousands of animals disappear in their lifetime, as global food webs collapse
5 min · · New research finds nearly 30% of land animals could disappear form their local area by 2100 due to climate change and habitat destruction. This is more than double previous predictions. · Shared by 84, including Thomas Pleil
BBC News (World)
Biodiversity: Can we set aside a third of our planet for nature?
5 min · · Will a plan to protect 30% of the planet for nature by 2030 be agreed and how will it work? · Shared by 116, including UN Biodiversity, Thomas Pleil
Carbon Brief
Explainer: Can the world ‘halt and reverse’ biodiversity loss by 2030?
11+ min · · Last month, 196 countries including the EU member states agreed to a new global mission to “halt and reverse” biodiversity loss by 2030. · Shared by 16, including Svein Tveitdal, Thomas Pleil