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PaulaToThePeopleThe 5 biggest drivers for extinction are: * destruction of habitats * monocultures * pollution (microplastic, pesticides, heavy metals, forever chemicals, ...) * climate change * invasive speciesIn other words the single biggest driver for extinction is capitalist extractivism and exploitation. We clear forests to build roads, cultivate monocultures to feed our live stock, burn fossil fuels to power our consumerism and put our waste in the ocean. That destroys the ecosystem, species become extinct or seek refuge somewhere else and become invasive there.And with "we" I don't mean you or me - I mean the morbidly rich! I'm not blaming anyone but the 1%. They are the ones that have everything and cause everything.There are a lot of solutions for this crisis, but we can't realize them without creating a system that prevents morbid abundance. If the 99% decide to eat less meat, so we don't need so much land for our food - will that really save the rainforests or will it just free up more land for the rich to build more golf courses, factories and AI server farms?We need to talk about a wealth maximum, an income maximum and an interest maximum. Then we'll realize we don't need endless growth, we don't need exploitation of the 99% and the ecosystem, we won't need 3 full time jobs to 'make a living' and we won't need mindless consumption to numb ourselves in our spare time.<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extinction</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SpeciesExtinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpeciesExtinction</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deforestation</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/LossOfHabitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LossOfHabitat</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/monocultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monocultures</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EnvironmentalPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalPollution</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/MicroPlastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroPlastic</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/MicroPlastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroPlastics</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ForeverChemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForeverChemicals</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BioDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BioDiversity</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BioDiversityCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BioDiversityCrisis</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InvasiveSpecies</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extractivism</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exploitation</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/consumerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#consumerism</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/MorbidlyRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MorbidlyRich</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/MorbidWealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MorbidWealth</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WealthMaximum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WealthMaximum</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/IncomeMaximum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IncomeMaximum</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/InterestMaximum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InterestMaximum</a>

DoomsdaysCWWhat the heck is “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CornSweat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CornSweat</a>” and is it making the Midwest more dangerous?It’s pretty much just as gross as it sounds."In one 2020 study, researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics analyzed a past summer heat wave in the Midwest and found that cropland — most of which comprised corn in this part of the country — can increase moisture in the air above it by up to 40 percent."by Benji Jones Aug 29, 2024"Ah, yes, late August in the Midwest: a time for popsicles by the lake, a trip to the county fair, and, of course, extreme humidity made more miserable by … corn sweat."Corn sweat. It’s a thing! And people are talking about it.The term refers to the moisture released by fields of corn during hot and sunny weather. Like all other plants, corn transpires — meaning, it sucks up water from the ground and expels it into the air as a way to stay cool and distribute nutrients. Moisture also enters the air when water in the soil evaporates. Together with transpiration, this process is called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/evapotranspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evapotranspiration</a>."So, where you find loads of plants packed tightly into one place, whether the Amazon rainforest or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Iowa</a>, humidity can skyrocket during hot and especially sunny periods, making the air feel oppressive."That’s what happened this week: A late-summer <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/heatwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#heatwave</a> brought record and near-record temperatures to parts of the Midwest where there also happen to be vast fields of corn. With plenty of sunlight and temperatures in the high 90s, it was enough to make corn sweat, producing extremely uncomfortable weather."It’s not that corn sweats more than other plants — an acre releases less moisture on average than, say, a large oak tree — but the Midwest has a lot of corn in late August. In Iowa, for example, more than two-thirds of the area is farmland, and corn is the top crop (followed by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/soybeans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#soybeans</a>, which, by the way, also sweat)."[...]"Again, it’s not just crops across the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Midwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Midwest</a> that release moisture, increase humidity, and make summers feel disgusting (I know firsthand; I grew up in Iowa). The millions of acres of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prairie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prairie</a> that industrial farmland replaced — mostly to feed livestock and make ethanol — would have also produced loads of moisture, Basso said."But there are some key differences between native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndustrialFarmland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndustrialFarmland</a>, he added. '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativePrairies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePrairies</a> are diverse ecosystems with a variety of plant species, each with different root depths and water needs, helping to create a balanced moisture cycle,' he told me. 'In contrast, corn and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/soy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#soy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/monocultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monocultures</a> are uniform and can draw water from the soil more quickly.'"Read more: <a href="https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/369117/corn-sweat-explained-heat-wave-midwest?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/369117/corn-sweat-explained-heat-wave-midwest?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CimateChange</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndustrialAgriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndustrialAgriculture</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigAg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigAg</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wetbulb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wetbulb</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fieldworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fieldworkers</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeatWaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeatWaves</a>

MadeInDex 📰🌎<a href="https://mastodon.world/@natureshelperokanaganhighlands" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@natureshelperokanaganhighlands</a> Many farmers move from grapes to other crops. Hopefully we will see more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/permaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#permaculture</a> replacing these <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monocultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monocultures</a> :)

DoomsdaysCWWhile feral domesticated cats are a big problem in a lot of places (including NYC) and need vigorous <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TNVR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TNVR</a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TNR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TNR</a> or relocation, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WildFelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WildFelines</a> need to be protected!In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brazil</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservationists</a> try to save one of the world’s most <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#endangered</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cats</a>by Sarah Brown on 13 June 2024 via <a href="https://mastodon.green/@mongabay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mongabay</a> "- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mu%C3%B1oa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Muñoa</a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pampas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pampas</a> cat, a small wild feline, is endemic to the Pampas grasslands that sprawl over southern Brazil, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Uruguay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Uruguay</a> and northeastern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Argentina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Argentina</a>. "- With fewer than 100 individuals left in the wild, experts call Muñoa’s pampas cat one of the most endangered felines in the world and warn it go extinct within 10 years as its natural habitat is cleared for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cropland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cropland</a>. - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservation</a> plans to save the species include switching from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/monocultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monocultures</a> to extensive ranching that preserves the natural <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grasslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grasslands</a>, creating a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/captivebreeding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#captivebreeding</a> program, and developing a trinational conservation agreement. "- Recent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floods</a> in the Brazilian state of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioGrandeDoSul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RioGrandeDoSul</a>, where many Muñoa’s Pampas cat sightings have been recorded, have currently halted all local <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservation</a> efforts, putting the future of this feline at risk."Read more: <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/in-brazil-conservationists-try-to-save-one-of-the-worlds-most-endangered-cats/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/in-brazil-conservationists-try-to-save-one-of-the-worlds-most-endangered-cats/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EndangeredSpecies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthAmerica</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConservationEfforts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConservationEfforts</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biodiversity</a>

MJ Muse<a href="https://www.truthdig.com/articles/severe-drought-in-southern-africa-leaves-millions-on-the-brink-of-starvation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.truthdig.com/articles/severe-drought-in-southern-africa-leaves-millions-on-the-brink-of-starvation/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/extremeheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extremeheat</a> Severe Drought in Southern Africa Leaves Millions on the Brink of Starvation Millions across the region are facing severe hunger and livelihood losses, with smallholder farmers striving to cope with the climate crisis and colonial monoculture patterns of farming. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MonoCultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MonoCultures</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a>

DoomsdaysCW"AMY GOODMAN: It’s one of the largest oil corporations in the world, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ADNOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADNOC</a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbuDhabiNationalOilCorporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuDhabiNationalOilCorporation</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SultanAlJaber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SultanAlJaber</a>, who is the head of this COP."NNIMMO BASSEY: Yes. And, you know, we’ve heard so many things going on. And with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFuel</a> industry being so prominent here, with bankers crawling the spaces of the COP, we’re seeing a lot of trade discussions. And, you know, this breaks my heart when I look at the way African negotiators or policymakers, the politicians, are bending back and accepting whatever is being thrown at them by the — through those who are investing in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarbonOffsetting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonOffsetting</a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarbonTrading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonTrading</a> mechanisms. We’re seeing a sellout of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AfricanContinent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AfricanContinent</a>."And we know the implications for this. One, it means once you sell out a territory for a period of time, you’ve lost <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sovereignty</a>, so to speak, over that place, over that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forest</a>, over that community, over that territory. And then it means negatively — negative impact on communities who live in the area that we are selling out. We’re talking about millions of hectares being mapped out to be sold for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarbonCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonCredit</a> generative facilities. And, you know, some of this means <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reforestation</a> or forestation. It means clearing the land and planting new trees. Now, that itself emits, releases a lot of carbon from the soil. And then, of course, these <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewTrees</a> are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/monocultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monocultures</a>, and they don’t — they are not as efficient <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarbonSinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonSinks</a> as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaturalForests</a>. And so we’re seeing losses in every dimension." <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/COP28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#COP28</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenwashing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateActivism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a>

Preston MacDougall<a href="https://journa.host/@fulelo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fulelo</a> The ruling ⬆️ was expected, since <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/RussiaIsATerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RussiaIsATerroristState</a> and all such violent wannabe <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/monocultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monocultures</a> eventually outlaw all ‘others’. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransRights</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>

PhoenixSerenity<a href="https://urbanists.social/@TransitBiker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TransitBiker</a> As you likely know - <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/monocultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monocultures</a> are just another form of destructive & <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/unnatural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unnatural</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colonial</a> brainwashing. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biodiversity</a> is the natural way & all <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a> benefit when we don't follow along with crappy <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/colonizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colonizer</a> thinking - especially regarding <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> 🌿

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