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by myshpa 3y ago
> the big cats, larger insects, dogs/wolves, crocs n that, let alone bloody great 'awks None of them are able to make all their prey go extinct.
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by myshpa 3y ago
> A new study from the Department of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University found that the extinction of large prey, upon which human nutrition had been based ... We ate them all. https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammal-declin
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by myshpa 3y ago
>> (OP) the agriculture needed to feed the amount of people on the planet doesn't seem like it will survive > (you) The earth is getting greener, rapidly. The maximum human carrying capacity is probably higher The actual myth
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> The earth is getting greener, rapidly https://skepticalscience.com/co2-plant-food-basic.htm https://skepticalscience.com/co2-plant-food-advanced.htm > The maximum human carrying capacity is probably
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by myshpa 3y ago
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/30/radical-... Dismissing SRM technology, Prof Joeri Rogelj of Imperial College, London, called it “irresponsible, dangerous and a threat to the manageabi
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Earth had hottest 3-months on record; unprecedented sea temps & extreme weather(public.wmo.int)
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I don't. I lowered my consumption habits significantly. And switched to veganism. It isn't that hard. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding... Animal agriculture has 8+ t
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Culture thrives on traditions, but if ours impacts others negatively, it's time for reflection and adaptation. Heritage grows when it embraces change.
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It's a tipping point (with regional impact). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_points_in_the_climate_... As glaciers (69% of fresh water) melt, oceans absorb more heat. This leads to rising sea levels and alte
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Immune cells move more independently than previously thought(utu.fi)
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Antarctica warming faster than predicted, alarming sign for sea levels(theguardian.com)
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New Study: Global Cancer Rates up 80% since the 1990's(medium.com)
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Real-Estate Doom Loop Threatens America’s Banks(wsj.com)
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> It's not a given that it will get better again. Not on timescales that matter to our species anyway. But it could. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/massive-forest-restoratio... The right trees, planted
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No paywall: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357260130_Sustainab...
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https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/ Sea temperatures are so high this year that the temperature axis on the graphs had to be extended. Don't forget to switch to the North Atlantic Area. https:&#x2
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Original title: The Pentagon and CIA Have Shaped Thousands of Hollywood Movies into Super Effective Propaganda Relevant articles: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-hollywood-became-the-unof... How Hollywood becam
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The Pentagon and CIA have shaped thousands of movies into effective propaganda(worldbeyondwar.org)
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https://worldbeyondwar.org/the-pentagon-and-cia-have-shaped-... The Pentagon and CIA Have Shaped Thousands of Hollywood Movies into Super Effective Propaganda https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-hol
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by myshpa 3y ago
And if it's in a 'I can't believe they would be doing it, really?' territory (black ops, black sites, torture, drone killings, ...), they make a movie about it, effectively normalizing the action for the audience.
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Researcher mimics spider webs and beetles to harvest fresh water from thin air(uwaterloo.ca)
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Antibody Shows Promise for Preventing Organ Rejection After Transplantation(corporate.dukehealth.org)
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Poor people ‘surviving not living’ as UK social contract collapses, says report(theguardian.com)
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https://www.euronews.com/2023/06/28/auf-wiedersehen-schnitze... Auf Wiedersehen Schnitzel: Meat consumption hits record low in Germany More and more Germans are swapping meat products for plant-based proteins
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by myshpa 3y ago
> Well, when you say "our" you mean your own. Hardly. > it's impossible to raise grazing animals without being environmentally unfriendly. That is the part I dispute Animal farming became unsustainable due to its massiv
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We've had an estimated 30-60 million bison in the US, now we have 100+ million cows. And cattle and bison differ in their grazing behavior and ecological impact, making a direct environmental comparison unfair due to their distinct rol
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Ernst Gotsch and Masanobu Fukuoka are not amateurs ... they both have been farming for decades.
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It requires a change in attitude and is more knowledge-intensive. Additionally, it probably requires more labor initially, although that decreases as the soil improves. https://www.echocommunity.org/resources/ae1d762e-d
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/soil-has-micro... Soil Has a Microbiome, Too https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/07/secret-w... The secret world beneath o
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https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/george-monbiot-r... ‘It’s Pseudoscience’: George Monbiot Blasts Regenerative Grazing In Heated Debate “So any story that says it’s good to be farming these livestock, it

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