#EdgeEffects

Andrew Rypel

@andrewrypel.bsky.social

1 month ago

Five cool fishes that went extinct An essay on extinctions you’ve probably never heard of.

Five freshwater fishes that went extinct.

How it happened. Why it matters.

tnature.substack.com/p/five-cool-...

#Extinction #Freshwater #Biodiversity #Conservation #EdgeEffects #NatureWriting

Sage Brice (she/her)

@sagebrice.bsky.social

8 months ago

Photograph of a rock face on which somebody has drawn in colour pencils, highlighting natural features of the rock in vivid colour

Photograph of a beach in Pembrokeshire in the foreground is large, square rock on which somebody has drawn in colour pastels. The words ‘power from separation’ are superimposed on an abstract arrangement of line and tone that explores the natural shape and texture of the rock. The sea is abime silver in the far distance with looming headlands to either side

Trialled my first #queerecologies #transecologies #drawing workshop last week, on a stunning beach in Pembrokeshire. Exploring #edgeeffects, #liminality and #negativespaces. A triad of #oystercatchers turned up just as we were wrapping up, to add their queer blessing to the day

Jens-Christian Svenning

@jcsvenning.bsky.social

9 months ago

Short-term study fails to capture negative impacts of livestock intensification on wildlife | PNAS Short-term study fails to capture negative impacts of livestock intensification on wildlife

Decades of data show livestock intensification in the #MaasaiMara drives major wildlife declines - >70% drop in wild herbivores, #migration collapse & functional compression. See our analysis in PNAS:
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🐘🐄🐑🐐🦓🐄 #savanna #rangeland #edgeeffects #livestock #protectedareas

Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

@bothrops77.bsky.social

11 months ago

🐸🌿 What happens to frogs and toads when tropical dry forests are fragmented?
Our new study shows how edge effects profoundly alter the functional and taxonomic diversity of amphibians in Colombia’s Caribbean region www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#TropicalDryForest #Amphibians #EdgeEffects

Patrick Waeber

@powaeber.bsky.social

1 year ago

Drop in Amazon deforestation confirmed, but degradation soars 497% in 2024 Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped by 7% in 2024 compared to 2023, according to an analysis by Imazon, a Brazil-based organization that uses satellite imagery to monitor changes in the worl...

Deforestation in the Amazon is down compared to 2023, but we are not out of the woods. 🌎🔥 Degradation is up nearly 500%! A silent threat weakening ecosystems, reducing carbon storage, and fueling further destruction.

#Fires #Droughts #EdgeEffects #ForestDegradation #ClimateCrisis