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PeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦

Climate crisis could cause 'catastrophic harm' to human health, 200-plus medical journals warn.

cbc.ca/news/health/world-healt

"More than 200 medical journals are calling on the World Health Organization to deem two overlapping environmental crises — climate change and biodiversity loss — as a global health emergency, while warning of the potential for "catastrophic harm" to human health."
#ClimateCrisis #Biodiveristy #CatastrophicHarm (It is already causing catastrophic harm in some places)

CBCClimate crisis could cause 'catastrophic harm' to human health, 200-plus medical journals warn | CBC NewsMore than 200 medical journals are calling on the World Health Organization to deem two overlapping environmental crises — climate change and biodiversity loss — as a global health emergency, while warning of the potential for “catastrophic harm” to human health.
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Joe Wynne 🌻 🚗 ⛰️

#Butterfly Bounty

Putting in effort to create a #garden that promotes #biodiveristy has paid off. Here's a view with three #butterflies.

Can you find the Tiger Swallowtail, the Gulf Fritillary and the Monarch? The intense orange/scarlet flowers they are on is Mexican Sunflower, a #NativePlant in the Americas. #Pollinators love it!

Having many butterflies fluttering around during the day is very calming and diverting.

#Gardening
#GardeningMastodon

A group of orange flowers, each about 4 inches wide with bright yellow centers. Green leaves also visible and long flower stalks. Three butterflies are also seen. From the top an orange and black Monarch in the shade, then a yellow with black stripes Tiger Swallowtail in the center, and on a flower below the Monarch and a few inches away is a dark orange Gulf Fritillary.
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S. K. Riley

Safe and just Earth system boundaries

The preservation of at least 20 - 25% diverse habitat in each square kilometre in human-modified lands is required to maintain the functional integrity of human-modified ecosystems and the terrestrial benefits humans get from nature – such as pollination and water quality regulation.

At least 50 - 60% of natural ecosystem area, both terrestrial and marine (up to 80%) must be maintained to minimize harm to future generations, thus highlighting the need for restoration of natural areas.

nature.com/articles/s41586-023
#Nature #Ecosystems #WildLands #Restoration #Pollination #WaterQuality #Oceans #Biodiveristy #Habitat #EarthSystem

The mighty Mountain Ash tree is the tallest flower in the world. Native to Tasmania and Victoria and soaring to heights of over 100 metres, they are the second tallest tree species worldwide. Not only do they beckon above with their towering branches, but they play an important part in our tall forests – protecting and nurturing nature both in the air and on land, particularly the endangered Leadbeater’s Possum. Image: Ferns and mountain ash forest, Yarra Ranges National Park, Black-Spur, VIC Australia, by Parks Victoria.
A sea turtle glides through the blue ocean above a colourful coral reef system growing on the sandy ocean bed, surrounded by multitudes of small orange fish and larger species of tropical reef fish.
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Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich

The Great Forgetting
nautil.us/the-great-forgetting

The article highlights the importance of preserving our memories, both the physical environment and the people we love, whose stories are part of the Earth’s living library. We are losing these libraries at an alarming rate due to climate change, and it is up to us to ensure their #stories are not forgotten. #Memory is precious, and we must not take it for granted.

#longread
#history
#biodiveristy

NautilusThe Great ForgettingEarth is losing its memory.
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