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Rewild to mitigate the climate crisis, urge leading scientists

Restoring degraded natural lands highly effective for carbon storage and avoiding species extinctions

Restoring natural landscapes damaged by human exploitation can be one of the most effective and cheapest ways to combat the climate crisis while also boosting dwindling wildlife populations, a scientific study finds.

If a third of the planet’s most degraded areas were restored, and protection was thrown around areas still in good condition, that would store carbon equating to half of all human caused greenhouse gas emissions since the industrial revolution.

The changes would prevent about 70% of predicted species extinctions, according to the research, which is published in the journal Nature.

Scientists from Brazil, Australia and Europe identified scores of places around the world where such interventions would be most effective, from tropical forests to coastal wetlands and upland peat. Many of them were in developing countries, but there were hotspots on every continent.

“We were surprised by the magnitude of what we found – the huge difference that restoration can make,” said Bernardo Strassburg, of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and the lead author of the study. “Most of the priority areas are concentrated in developing countries, which can be a challenge but also means they are often more cost-effective to restore.”

Only about 1% of the finance devoted to the global climate crisis goes to nature restoration, but the study found that such “nature-based solutions” were among the cheapest ways of absorbing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the additional benefits being the protection of wildlife.

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#rewilding #climate change #carbon sequestration #soil #global warming #conservation #restoration #queue

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Pro-indoor Cat PSA

Please keep your cat indoors or on a harness because they are harmful to local ecosystems by hunting wild birds. They will also eat barn fowl that are kept in enclosures.

*Family lost our chicks to a stray cat last week. 😭

#cats #pets #conservation #queue

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#corals #marine life #ocean #wildlife #global warming #ocean acidification #conservation #coral reefs #queue

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‘No Uranium, No Weapons, No Waste’

#uranium #pollution #waste management #indigenous rights #queue

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#japan #Fukushima #water #fishing #water rights #wildlife #ocean #marine life #pollution #queue

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In April, Sweden and Austria joined Belgium in becoming coal-free European countries. 

Nonrenewable energy sources are increasingly becoming more expensive than their renewable counterparts. In the EU, it now costs almost twice as much to run a coal plant than a renewable energy source.

“France is aiming to be coal-free by 2022; Slovakia and Portugal by 2023; the U.K. by 2024; and Ireland and Italy by 2025.”

#Renewable Energy #coal #fossil fuels #queue #article

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#renewable energy #solar power #solar energy #energy #electricity #fossil fuels #queue

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Words of wisdom from Dr. Seuss.

#quotes #queue

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If you are finding that prolonged isolation and confinement to a single living space are having a a severely detrimental effect on your mental and physical health, perhaps I can interest you in some PRISON ABOLITION

#prison abolition #politics #not environmentalism #queue

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Gay USA (1977) dir. Arthur J. Bressan Jr.

#lgbtqia+ #lgbt #lgbtq+ #not environmentalism #queue

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#wildlife #reptiles #chameleon #lizard #conservation #extinction #endangered species #queue

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Hiatus

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to make a quick post to explain why I won’t be posting as much for the time being. This semester has been a lot, and at least for a while, I have a lot on my plate to get started/finish in terms of my career path. I’ve been a little overwhelmed, so I’m going to have to take a bit of a break from this blog!

I’ll try to come back every so often to fill my queue with reblogs, but I won’t be able to make any original content for a bit. (I know I promised some new posts, I’ll try to make them ASAP!)

Thanks for your understanding, hopefully I’ll be back soon enough!

Also thanks for the surge in followers I’ve gotten recently! I love hearing from you all in my posts and am so happy to see that you all like my content!

#not environmentalism #personal #hiatus

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cannot stand green bitches whose entire agenda is to shame ppl, oftentimes the poor/‘working class’ and ppl of color, and blame their every action instead of directing that energy at corporations.

#cussing #queue #classism #racism

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A note on online environmentalism...

I’ve been seeing a lot of “you’re not a true environmentalist if…” posts circulating again so I decided to make a few posts regarding why “eco friendly” things aren’t so black-and-white (usually).

I want to make it clear that this blog will never suggest that you are immoral for not being able to do every environmentally friendly thing. This blog will always cite sources and strive to share the current understanding of environmental issues and solutions from the environmental science community. I, among other environmental scientists, agree that environmentalism means nothing without intersectionality and acknowledging how to create solutions with people in mind--all people.

Before I start, I just want to say this: there are many ways to approach environmentalism. It all depends on circumstance, place, time, economic status, health status, sex, gender, race, etc. By that, I mean that different people contribute to environmental issues differently, are affected by these issues differently, and can contribute to solutions differently. One “eco friendly” action could be important in one circumstance but impossible or even harmful in others.

It’s not up to any of us to judge who or who isn’t a “good” environmentalist, who cares enough or doesn’t, who should/can be doing more, who isn’t trying hard enough, etc. People can only do what they can do, and by portraying their inability to do what you can do as a moral failing on their part, you are pushing your allies away. Even portraying it as “yeah, some people can’t do x, y, z but if you don’t just try harder you're a bad person!” or “well, I’m talking about everyone else, not those people” is wrong. Exclusion helps no one, addressing a complex issue as “just do this” helps no one.

Take this from an environmental science student and all of their professors: fighting each other is not the solution. Not everything you read on the internet will solve all of our problems, and applying these actions to the entire human population won’t solve everything.

You are not a better person for your circumstances, your neighbor is not worse for being in a different place.

Environmental issues and their solutions are complex, that’s why we have such a large community of various, interdisciplinary and intersectional, environmental scientists! That’s why we discuss within and with each country and state and city, because the world is so large and complicated.

Be kind to each other, be mindful of your privilege, and for the love of the Earth, listen to scientists!

#environmentalism #intersectional environmentalism #intersectionality #ableism #racism #classism #eco friendly #a bit of a rant #queue

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Damian Carrington for The Guardian:

Tiny air pollution particles have been revealed in the brain stems of young people and are intimately associated with molecular damage linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

If the groundbreaking discovery is confirmed by future research, it would have worldwide implications because 90% of the global population live with unsafe air. Medical experts are cautious about the findings and said that while the nanoparticles are a likely cause of the damage, whether this leads to disease later in life remains to be seen.

There is already good statistical evidence that higher exposure to air pollution increases rates of neurodegenerative diseases, but the significance of the new study is that it shows a possible physical mechanism by which the damage is done.

Well let’s hope everything isn’t totally awful, but probably everything is totally awful

#pollution #article #queue #health

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The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

— Chinese Proverb

#quotes #queue

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How much environmentalism is eugenics in disguise? How much of it is openly shaming people for existing?

The world is designed for abled white men.

Rooms they will never enter are ergonomically set for them. (If you need to turn on the heat because you cannot be comfortable at the same temperature as an able bodied man, you are a financial and ecological burden.)

Paths they will never walk are paved for what they need to be safe and mobile. (If you drive instead of walk like an able bodied man, you are a financial and ecological burden.)

Doors they will never enter are placed where they would like them. (If you cannot use the revolving door like an able bodied man, you are a financial and ecological burden.)

All the little things add up. And it doesn't matter how big the little things are.

#ableism #eugenics #queue