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**Lukas VFN** @animalculum@scholar.social · 22h

Lukas VFN @animalculum@scholar.social

Terrestrial life oasis from end-#Permian mass #extinction period discovered
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-terrestrial-life-oasis-permian-mass.html paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads5614

"a region in Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium for terrestrial #plants during the end-Permian #MassExtinction... The discovery provides the first conclusive fossil evidence of a terrestrial plant community that remained largely undisturbed throughout the extinction event, allowing for continuous evolution and rapid ecological recovery afterward."

Illustration of a prehistoric landscape with horsetail-like plants and large quadrupedal animals with tortoise-like beaks

**Why We Went Extinct** @why_we_went_extinct@mastodon.social · 1d

Why We Went Extinct @why_we_went_extinct@mastodon.social

There might still be a shimmer of hope for a 22nd century with organized human life: the #trump administration seems to be continuing their #degrowth agenda, even against the warnings of leading economists.

With the policies already showing significant effect on the American and world economy, this without a doubt is the most effective act of the degrowth movement up to date... and he just got started!

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgr21jjwg4wo

A contractor in a bright orange sweatshirt, jeans and construction hat is on hands and knees smoothing concrete flooring at the Toll Brothers Redwood,

www.bbc.comIs the US headed into a recession under Trump?Stock market falls, tariffs and other changes are reigniting fear of economic downturn in the US.

#breadcrumb #DegrowthNow #uspol

**Nikolas Kozloff** @Nikolas@federated.press · 1d

Nikolas Kozloff @Nikolas@federated.press

#Trump is driving endangered species to #extinction https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/trump-wildlife-agencies-species-extinction?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other #wildlife #AnimalRights

The Guardian · 2dTrump orders likely to drive species’ extinction, wildlife advocates warnBy Tom Perkins

**Lukas VFN** @animalculum@scholar.social · 1d

Lukas VFN @animalculum@scholar.social

Deep-sea fish study reveals evolutionary marvels in Earth's hadal zone https://phys.org/news/2025-03-deep-sea-fish-reveals-evolutionary.html

#Evolution and genetic adaptation of fishes to the deep sea https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867425000315

"they confirmed a century-old hypothesis about deep-sea #fish evolution involving two distinct pathways. 'Ancient survivors' colonized the deep sea before the #Cretaceous mass #extinction, while 'new immigrants' account for the majority of modern #DeepSea species that emerged after the #MassExtinction."

a complicated graphic showing a map of the Indian and Pacific oceans and pictures of 10 different species of deep sea fishes and 2 Chinese research ships

**Aral Balkan** @aral@mastodon.ar.al · 1d

Aral Balkan @aral@mastodon.ar.al

Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit

“A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o

Who needs a giant asteroid when we have these assholes?

www.bbc.comAmazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summitThe infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

#habitat #humanity #fools

**Lukas VFN** @animalculum@scholar.social · 2d

Lukas VFN @animalculum@scholar.social

Rare #frog rediscovered after 130 years https://phys.org/news/2025-03-rare-frog-rediscovered-years.html

Lost for more than a century: the rediscovery of Alsodes vittatus (Anura, Alsodidae), one of the rarest and most elusive #amphibians from #Chile https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/135523/

"This is an important milestone for South American #herpetology... Most of the other Alsodes species are either threatened with #extinction or we don't know enough about them to assess their status"

photo of a pale frog on a rock in clear shallow water

#Frogs #Animals #Conservation

**NSW.Biodiversity** @Biodiversity@theblower.au · 2d

NSW.Biodiversity @Biodiversity@theblower.au

One-way koala "escape doors" to extinction
"Smart" signs for car brains

Koala deaths from car strikes doubled in 2024 on Appin Road. "Overall we are seeing basically a doubling of koala strike deaths in south-west Sydney over the last two years."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/ai-protect-koalas-hit-vehicles-south-west-sydney-roads/105036066
#biodiversity #koalas #wildlife #cars #Sydney #extinction

ABC News · 3dAI used to protect koalas from being hit on south-west Sydney roadsBy Nick McLaren

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**Petra van Cronenburg** @NatureMC@mastodon.online · 3d

Petra van Cronenburg @NatureMC@mastodon.online

@EUCommission Did I miss one of the most important panels for the problems of our time: a green panel with fighting #climatechange? A coloured one with fighting #biodiversityLoss?
I found only watering down climate aims for the industry, the car industry, and the agricultural sector too.

If we had won all possible wars and deleted fascist systems one day, we'll die because of #climatecrisis and species #extinction?

BTW, I miss #TaxTheRich.

**SydneyJim** @SydneyJim@body.social · 5d

SydneyJim @SydneyJim@body.social

Nearly half of popular tropical plant group related to birds-of-paradise and bananas are threatened with #extinction | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250307125608.htm

ScienceDailyNearly half of popular tropical plant group related to birds-of-paradise and bananas are threatened with extinctionA new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright, beak-shaped flowers, are threatened with extinction.

#Environment

**Lukas VFN** @animalculum@scholar.social · 5d

Lukas VFN @animalculum@scholar.social

Ancient #amphibians bounced back from Earth's greatest mass #extinction by exploiting #freshwater prey https://phys.org/news/2025-03-ancient-amphibians-earth-greatest-mass.html

The ecology and geography of #temnospondyl recovery after the #Permian–#Triassic #MassExtinction https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241200

"the #temnospondyls success lay in their generalist feeding ecology, enabling them to feed on a wide variety of prey... the freshwater habitats they preferred provided them with a relatively stable variety of food resources"

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**ƧƿѦςɛѦਹѤʞ** @spacemagick@mastodon.social · 6d

ƧƿѦςɛѦਹѤʞ @spacemagick@mastodon.social

@georgetakei
I'm sure the cockroach people of 5000AD will die laughing at them.
#evolution #extinction #memes #cars #humans

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**anna_lillith** @anna_lillith@mas.to · 6d *

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anna_lillith @anna_lillith@mas.to

#ChainsawMassacre #fire #extinction #pollution #PublicLands #recreation #RandiSpivak #looting #CenterForBiologicalDiversity #BigBusiness

4/5

"Trump's order will unleash the chainsaws and bulldozers on our federal forests. Clearcutting these beautiful places will increase fire risks, drive species to extinction, pollute our rivers and streams, and destroy world-class recreation sites," said Randi Spivak, public lands policy director for the Center for Biological Diversity.

"This is a particularly horrific mood by Trump to loot our public lands by handing the keys to big business."

- The Guardian

**ManyRoads Cui bono?** @ManyRoads@mstdn.social · 6d

ManyRoads Cui bono? @ManyRoads@mstdn.social

Enjoy that water...

"Humans Consumer 90,000 #Microplastic particles A Year From Bottled Water"

#Polluion #Plastic #Environment #Health #Extinction #Humans #Science #Ecology

https://climatecrisis247.com/news/humans-consumer-90000-microplastic-particles-a-year-from-bottled-water/

**Ernest LONDON** @ernestlondon@mastodon.social · Mar 6

Mar 6

Ernest LONDON @ernestlondon@mastodon.social

Si les solutions qu’il propose peuvent donc sembler naïves, le bilan qu’établit Ashley Dawson, notamment quand à la responsabilité du capitalisme, demeure parfaitement pertinent.

http://bibliothequefahrenheit.blogspot.com/2025/02/extinction.html#more

bibliothequefahrenheit.blogspot.comEXTINCTION« La vie sur cette Terre est en train d’être liquidée à une vitesse jamais atteinte auparavant. » Toutefois, l’auteur-activiste sud africain...

#extinction #ecologie

**Paul** @Paullima@toot.community · Mar 5

Mar 5

Paul @Paullima@toot.community

Below is a petition for urgent radical reform of the UN , whose “efforts” when faced with #climatechange, #extinction, #warandconflict and other challenges/crises of this century have, unfortunately, been ineffective

https://www.change.org/ReformTheUnitedNations

Change.orgSign the PetitionURGENTLY reform the UN, whose 79-year status quo has led the WORLD to CRISIS and DANGER!!

**Bytes Europe** @byteseu@pubeurope.com · Mar 5

Mar 5

Bytes Europe @byteseu@pubeurope.com

Earth’s ‘Great Dying’ killed 80-90% of life. How some amphibians survived. https://www.byteseu.com/801945/ #extinction #News #Science

**Flipboard Science Desk** @ScienceDesk@flipboard.social · Mar 5

Mar 5

Flipboard Science Desk @ScienceDesk@flipboard.social

Scientists genetically engineer mice with thick hair like the extinct woolly mammoth.

From @AssociatedPress: "Extinction is still forever, but scientists at the biotech company Colossal Biosciences are trying what they say is the next best thing to restoring ancient beasts."

https://flip.it/4n-iBC