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This year may be biblical
tp4tissue:
On a remote island, up to 1/5 the body weight of seabirds is PLASTIC.
PFAS ftw! Total Yumyum.
""Since Dr Lavers’s first visit in 2008, she has witnessed an increase from about three quarters of birds carrying about five to 10 pieces of plastic, to every single bird having 50 or more pieces.
Until last month, the most they had ever found was 403 pieces in 2024.
“I’m sad to say just yesterday we blew [the record] out of the water, and our new record holder is 778 pieces of plastic in an 80-day-old seabird chick, in one of the most pristine corners of our planet.”
Arranged on a sheet, the mosaic of plastic could be mistaken for a piece of art.""
All from 1 bird.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/birds-crunch-full-plastic-losing-war-waste/105221266
tp4tissue:
We're hosed.
https://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2025/CloudFeedback.13May2025.pdf
tp4tissue:
Insect "biomass total" dropping approximately 2% per year.
Already down 50-75% vs the last 100 years.
The future looks awesome. No more pesky buggos.
fohat.digs:
--- Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 24 May 2025, 11:00:48 ---
Incest "biomass total" dropping approximately 2% per year.
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That's good, incest is pretty nasty business.
tp4tissue:
--- Quote from: fohat.digs on Sat, 24 May 2025, 11:11:35 ---
--- Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 24 May 2025, 11:00:48 ---
Incest "biomass total" dropping approximately 2% per year.
--- End quote ---
That's good, incest is pretty nasty business.
--- End quote ---
Hahahahahahahahahaha.......
Study done in Nature preserve in Puerto Rico, Heat spikes are making insects sterile.
The tropics normally has a very stable temp. But climate change has increased heat spike days from approx 2 to now, 12.
The experiment exposed captured Beetles to the abnormal duration of heat. During abnormal heat, the fertility of the beetles were halved, and then given a week to recover, after-which they discovered, the Beetles became Sterile.
So, even not accounting for DDT, and all the other crazy biowarfare stuff we're legally required to Spray to get crop insurance, Well, the heat alone is a biodiversity catastrophe.
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