A triple-threat of climate change, biodiversity loss and overpopulation is bearing down on Earth, a new paper from 17 scientists warns. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ghastly-future-global-crises.html
Tag: biodiversity loss
These Drones Will Plant 40,000 Trees in a Month. By 2028, They’ll Have Planted 1 Billion
Earlier this month, on land north of Toronto that previously burned in a wildfire, drones hovered over fields and fired seed pods into the ground, planting native pine and spruce trees to help restore habitat for birds. From a report: Flash Forest, the Canadian startup behind the project, plans to use its technology to plant 40,000 trees in the area this…
Sir David Attenborough Delivers Stark Warning In BBC Doc ‘Extinction: the Facts’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: At 94 years old and with over 60 years of wildlife documentary-making under his belt, Sir David Attenborough is well-placed to share his thoughts about the future of our planet. And on Sunday, in the new BBC documentary Extinction: The Facts, the legendary presenter had a warning for all humans about the…
Extinction: The Facts – An Attenborough guide to nature’s destruction
David Attenborough’s new BBC documentary Extinction: The Facts is a whistle-stop tour of our destruction of nature. Biodiversity loss “isn’t just disturbing, it’s deeply tragic”, he says Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2253673-extinction-the-facts-an-attenborough-guide-to-natures-destruction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…