New Study Says Oceans Are Acidifying Beyond Planetary Thresholds
https://truthout.org/articles/new-study-says-oceans-are-acidifying-beyond-planetary-thresholds/

New Study Says Oceans Are Acidifying Beyond Planetary Thresholds
https://truthout.org/articles/new-study-says-oceans-are-acidifying-beyond-planetary-thresholds/
There’s an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts – and these dead zones are spreading
George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/09/britain-deserts-dead-zones-purple-moor-grass
Help Protect Our Oceans from Drilling
#Petition #nature #biodiversity #Ecosystem #ecosystems #Ocean #Oceans #FossilFuels
https://action.nrdc.org/letter/4078-ocs-drilling-060225
Some more sea- and shorebirds at Nickerson on 6/4.
#birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #biodiversity #biodiversitycrisis #capitalism #extinction #ecosocialism #systemchange #climatechange #ecosystem
Weekend #Plankton Factoid
The new Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is crazy accurate. It can measure ocean altimetry to a mm, imaging internal waves and small sub eddies (rotating mixing zones). Tiny changes in height happen when water swirls (try it in a sink) with greater height at the edges due to centripetal force. These may be even more important for temperature & nutrient flux, so ultimately #ecosystem productivity & #carbon cycling. #science
https://stories.tamu.edu/news/2025/05/27/small-currents-big-impact-satellite-breakthrough-reveals-hidden-ocean-forces/
Sorry folks, I'm reposting... This originally seemed to have gotten appended to someone else's thread on a different topic.
Some nesting and baby shorebirds at Nickerson Beach Park, in Nassau Co., NY. Shorebirds figure prominently among the 3 billion birds that have disappeared in the past 50 years, according to the Audubon Society. This is largely due to habitat loss and degradation, climate change, pollution and introduced predators. To be blunt, Capitalism with its inherent drive for growth is anathema to biodiversity and all life on our planet.
My recommendation if you search for #studies: "BioTIME 2.0 - the largest #biodiversity time-series #database - now spans 12 million records from 553,000 locations, tracking #ecosystem changes since 1874!" https://www.idiv.de/major-update-to-biotime-2-0-worlds-largest-biodiversity-time-series-database/
and direct access https://biotime.st-andrews.ac.uk/
via iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social
"In its simplest form, a whale’s death becomes a source of life for years beyond its time. It is a transformation that turns death into life on an almost incomprehensible scale."
Omnia Saed for Atmos Magazine: https://atmos.earth/after-the-fall/
The Siletz Tribe has dedicated two decades to this reintroduction project.
As Michaela noted, a scientist stated that bringing otters back has “cascading effects” on the ecosystem.
This holds true culturally as well: multiple tribes will work together to renew their relationship with the sea otter once it returns.
#Elephant populations are down but still some #African nations ( #Botswana, #Zimbabwe) want to cull because of modest rise in recent years. Is that small increase really infringing so much on the rest of the #ecosystem?
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 129
When travelling through their #plant filled #ecosystem
#bumblebees constantly collide with the vegetation - their #wings primarily being the point of impact during these collisions!
#bees
#nature
#worldbeesanctuary
ICYMI:
More than 4,000 species of wild #bees were already thriving in #NorthAmerica when European honeybees arrived in 1622. From tiny metallic green sweat bees to bumblebees that vibrate pollen loose through buzz pollination, these native species are often more effective pollinators than their famous cousins.
Many wild bees specialize in just one or a few #plant species, creating partnerships that have developed over millions of years where each partner's survival depends on the other.
Learn more: https://zurl.co/b0YJp
More than 4,000 species of wild #bees were already thriving in #NorthAmerica when European honeybees arrived in 1622. From tiny metallic green sweat bees to bumblebees that vibrate pollen loose through buzz pollination, these native species are often more effective pollinators than their famous cousins.
Many wild bees specialize in just one or a few #plant species, creating partnerships that have developed over millions of years where each partner's survival depends on the other.
Learn more: https://zurl.co/b0YJp