While recent reports have stated that more than half the world's largest lakes, including lakes in the Tibetan plateau, are drying up, a paper published in Nature Geoscience today (May 27) suggests that, by the end of this century, land-locked lakes on the Tibetan Plateau are set to increase exponentially, resulting in major land loss and related economic, environmental and climatic impacts
Tear gas, rubber bullets, stun grenades used on French climate protestors
Law enforcement made 58 forceful arrests on Saturday in Gennevilliers (Hauts-de-Seine) during a demonstration organised by Earth Uprising activists after some protesters had deviated from the planned route
Environmental activists sue Norway over seabed mineral plan
OSLO, May 24 (Reuters) - Environmental campaigners have filed a lawsuit at an Oslo court challenging Norway's plan for seabed mineral exploration, citing insufficient impact assessment of the mining, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and its lawyer said on Friday
For those not in the know, this is one of the Amanita #mushrooms referred to as a Destroying Angel. Never, ever, ever, ever #forage with an #app. Especially for mushrooms.
"A drake mallard has set a speed record of 103 mph while migrating across southern Minnesota and southeast North Dakota [in the U.S.] on April 6, breaking the Cohen Wildlife Ecology Lab’s previous record of 99.3 mph set on the same day."
Outdoor Life reports: "The two GPS-tracked mallard caught the same weather front that helped them reach top speeds on their return flights to Canada."
‘Make for break for net-zero’: Rishi Sunak calls a July general election
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced in a surprise intervention that the UK general election will take place on 4 July this year, with green groups stressing that this election could either ‘make or break’ the UK’s net-zero future
Maui students March for climate action and policy participation, aligned with International Biodiversity Day
Today, as the world commemorates International Biodiversity Day, the Maui Mayor’s Office of Innovation & Sustainability (OIS), in partnership with ʻĪao Intermediate School, successfully concluded an event aimed at fostering climate justice education and youth engagement in public policy
Climate damage and nature loss are unfairly distributed—and so are the solutions, says researcher
In the fight for a livable planet, we desperately need a fairer distribution of wealth and equal rights for all, argues anthropology professor Marja Spierenburg. She says, "That will also generate broad-based support for sustainable development."
We had such an amazing time at our #YoMos2024#workshop last week at the #Federsee research station that we have to extend all the #impressions into a few more Toots!
Thanks to everyone participating, you were such a great and synergetic group of Young Modellers in #Ecology 💚 We think you can see it in our faces as well!
PS.: We are new on Mastodon, so we invite you to follow along to keep updated about our many doings in the future! @gfoe
New paper from our group led by @lawojcik! We found that not only trait adaptation among but also within functional groups shape ecosystem functioning in simple food webs. Models may gain to consider multiple diversity facets and their corresponding sources of trait adaptation. Read more at https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10544.
Where Hoteliers Feel Most Threatened by Climate Change
In the 2024 edition of the European Accommodation Barometer, the study has revealed that 41% of European hoteliers believe that climate change will have a high or very high impact on their business in the next 3 years
How do Scottish People Feel About Current Climate Policy?
Only 12% of Scots reported feeling satisfied with the current pace of climate action. Meanwhile, 45% of Scots expressed dissatisfaction with the current climate policies, with 24% being very unsatisfied and 21% unsatisfied
Europe’s most important court has ruled that protection from climate change is a human right. The judgment will be put to the test in Britain by a climate change refugee who lost his cliff top home to sea erosion. Rising sea waters and increasingly violent storms, caused by melting ice and warmer oceans, are a special concern on Britain’s east coast. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports