“Without wild species, our whole planet unravels,” said one scientist in response to new U.N.-backed report.
Source: Biodiversity Destruction Imperils Natural Species Crucial to Humanity’s Survival
“Without wild species, our whole planet unravels,” said one scientist in response to new U.N.-backed report.
Source: Biodiversity Destruction Imperils Natural Species Crucial to Humanity’s Survival
One study co-author said the findings “should act as a wake-up call that delaying emissions cuts will mean a temperature overshoot that comes at an astronomical cost to nature and humans that unproven negative emission technologies cannot simply reverse.”
Source: Biodiversity Risks Could Persist for Decades After Global Temperature Peak
The world’s five biggest meat and milk producers emit the same amount of greenhouse gases as Exxon.
And the 20 biggest livestock companies emit more than either Germany, Britain or France. https://t.co/QREwpj19D5 pic.twitter.com/z2exoYvE7K
— Lee Harris (@leee_harris) September 7, 2021
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/07/meat-and-dairy-industry-fanning-flames-climate-and-biodiversity-crises-report
Humanity’s transgression of ecological limits has caused widespread damage, including a climate emergency, catastrophic loss of biodiversity, and extensive degradation of soils around the world. Earth abuse is also at the root of the Covid-19 pandemic and the grim likelihood that new pathogens will continue to emerge from other animal species to infect humans.
Source: Earth Abuse and the Next Pandemic – CounterPunch.org