#ExtinctionEvent

2 months ago

@byteandpieces.bsky.social

Ten Sydney Harbours’ worth of threatened species habitat approved for destruction in 2025 by PM Anthony Albanese www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/13/...

#Deforestation #EnvironmentalDestruction #ExtinctionEvent #Australia […]

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R. Brassard Ⓥ

@veganrick.bsky.social

2 months ago

A local resident says a prayer for a dead gray whale that washed ashore at Laguna San Ignacio in 2020. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

'Save the whales’ worked for decades, but now gray whales are starving

#USpoli #California #USA 🇺🇸
#GrayWhales #Cetaceans #Marinelife #Whales #Climate #Oceans #NOAA #Wildlife #ClimateCrisis #ExtinctionEvent #Arctic #ShipStrikes #Starvation

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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@3lenorec.bsky.social

3 months ago

INKTOBER 2021: "Uh-Oh!!!"

Pilot G2 pen and hard pastel on watercolor paper (white)
#inktober #art #illustration #inkdrawing #pendrawing #drawing #pilotg2 #ink #pastels #prehistoric #dinosaurs #meteor #extinctionevent #disaster

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3 months ago

3I/ATLAS and the Next Extinction Event: What if 3i ATLAS Hit Earth? What if the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was just a practice run? And what if the next "planet killer" wasn't from our solar system, but a high-speed visitor from the darkness between the stars? Our solar system has had two incredible visitors from deep space. First came ʻOumuʻamua, the bizarre, elongated object that moved so strangely, top scientists still debate if it was a natural comet or an alien probe. But it's the second visitor that should have your attention. In this episode, we're putting Comet 3I/ATLAS under the microscope. It's larger, faster, and on a trajectory through our cosmic neighborhood. Join us as we put this interstellar traveler on a terrifying Collision Course with Earth. We'll break down the mind-boggling numbers, calculating the hypothetical impact energy of 3I/ATLAS and comparing it to the extinction event that annihilated the dinosaurs. This isn't science fiction; it's a sobering look at the catastrophic consequences of a direct hit from an interstellar object traveling at unimaginable speeds. While scientists confirm that neither of these cosmic travelers poses a current threat to our planet, their existence opens up a universe of questions. This is the ultimate deep dive into the power and mystery of the celestial bodies that wander the void between stars. Ready to simulate a modern extinction event and explore the mysteries of our interstellar visitors? Hit that play button now. Subscribe for more cosmic deep dives, and share this episode with anyone who has ever wondered what would happen if the sky started falling.

📣 New Podcast! "3I/ATLAS and the Next Extinction Event: What if 3i ATLAS Hit Earth?" on @Spreaker #3i_atlas #alienprobe #asteroidimpact #astronomy #catastrophe #collisioncourse #comet #cosmos #dinosaurs #extinctionevent #interstellarobject #nearearthobject #oumuamua #planetkiller #podcast

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Sea Lion Press

@sealionpress.co.uk

4 months ago

That was too close... Five asteroid impacts that never were By Andy CookeFive Asteroid Impact Disasters that never were...You’ve all seen the diagrams – the Solar System, and Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and the like. ... and the...

Andy Cooke looks at five times we came too close to a deadly #asteroid #impactevent, including some dramatised in SLP works of #AlternateHistory #fiction. #NaturalDisaster #AsteroidImpact #ExtinctionEvent www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/that-wa...

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4 months ago

#Japan asks army to cull bears after spike in attacks on humans www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/japan-be...

#Japan cuts down huge swathes of forest for #SolarPanels & farming land. Removes ove half of the #natural habitat that houses […]

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5 months ago

‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’: stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion | #Australian bird of the year 2025 www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/05/...

#ExtinctionEvent #Environment #Greed #Mining

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5 months ago

'We're precipitating an extermination rather than an extinction event' Broadcaster and campaigner Chris Packham is on a mission to cut overconsumption, take on fossil fuel giants and create a fairer world

Couple's shock after finding rare glowing animal on Aussie road: 'What's that?' au.news.yahoo.com/couples-shock-after-find...

Evidence suggests that between 500,000 and 1 million animals are killed on Tasmania’s roads every […]

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Pure Science

@purescience.news

5 months ago

'We're precipitating an extermination rather than an extinction event' #Science #Biology #Ecology #BiodiversityCrisis #Conservation #ExtinctionEvent

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@byteandpieces.bsky.social

5 months ago

Armageddon Was a LIE: The Real (and TERRIFYING) Plan to STOP an Asteroid The planet-killer asteroid we all fear? We'll probably only get a few days' notice. The Hollywood plan to nuke it is a fantasy. So what's the real plan? Welcome to the brutal reality of planetary defense, a cosmic game of dodgeball where humanity has been flying blind. In this episode, we're staring down the barrel of the universe's biggest threats: planet-killer asteroids and civilization-ending comets. We'll reveal the terrifying truth about the near-misses we only detected after they had passed and why traditional deflection methods are a recipe for disaster. Forget what you saw in Armageddon. We're diving into the cutting-edge space technology that represents our best, and perhaps only, real shot at survival. Discover the plan to use hypersonic tungsten "penetrators" to shatter smaller, city-killer asteroids before they get close. Then, we face the ultimate nightmare: a massive, rogue comet appearing from the darkness. We unpack the audacious, multi-stage mission—involving multiple impacts and a buried nuclear device—that scientists believe is our only hope against a true extinction event. This isn't science fiction; it's the desperate, brilliant science of staying alive. So, are we ready for the ultimate cosmic threat, or are we just living on borrowed time? Hit play, subscribe, and then join the conversation in the comments: what do you think is our best shot at survival?

📣 New Podcast! "Armageddon Was a LIE: The Real (and TERRIFYING) Plan to STOP an Asteroid" on @Spreaker #armageddon #asteroid #astrophysics #comet #cosmology #existentialrisk #extinctionevent #mindblown #nasa #nearearthobject #outerspace #planetarydefense #planetkiller #podcast #science #space

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VonDeckard

@vondeckard.bsky.social

5 months ago

And on top of this we have the USA, under Trump's massively corrupt "leadership", destructively going in the wrong direction.

We will need a tool to cool earth down to have a shot.

Aerosols are seemingly a gamble that can be deployed by a desperate nation

#ClimateCollapse #ExtinctionEvent

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Insects are disappearing from the last places we thought were safe A long-term study in Colorado reveals that insect populations are plummeting even in remote, undisturbed areas. Over two decades, flying insect abundance dropped by more than 70%, closely linked to rising summer temperatures. The results suggest that climate change, not just human land use, is driving massive losses. Scientists warn that biodiversity hotspots, especially mountain ecosystems, are now at serious risk.

5 months ago

Insects are disappearing from the last places we thought were safe www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/2509220...

#ClimateChange #PoisonedEnvironment #GlobalWarming #ExtinctionEvent

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Hugo

@nonviolence.bsky.social

5 months ago

Note:

I know some people who in 2025
- have kids
- have pets
- are not plant based
- drive cars
- fly on holiday
- don’t buy organic

🤷‍♀️ Don’t fight over the last piece of bread 🥖 Prepare to #DieFirst ?

#Collapse2028 #ExtinctionEvent

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VonDeckard

@vondeckard.bsky.social

6 months ago

@ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @esa.int @socialdemokratiet.dk

#Climatechange #Climatecollapse #ExtinctionEvent #Inventor

Just a gentle reminder that it is now we should be working on the most safe and efficient tool(s) to cool our dying planet.

Still available

Nothing I'd rather work on

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modmad

@modmad.bsky.social

7 months ago

extremely distressing discover in #discord today #wherearethedinosauremojis #extinctionevent

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Barry Steele

@barrysteeleau.bsky.social

7 months ago

Cancel HECS completely
Drop drop fees and pay students to learn

How else do we learn as a society how to deal with the shit we've evolved into

#ExtinctionEvent
#Genocide
#ClimateCrisis
#FossilFools
#TheGreatDisappointment
#NeoLabor
#NutjobLNP

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Trump Issues Executive Order Targeting ‘Unreliable’ Clean Energy Options President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday that he said will “end taxpayer support for unaffordable and unreliable ‘green’ energy sources” such as wind and solar. But it’s not clear whether the order will have much of an effect other than to underscore the president’s antipathy for those power sources. Some observers speculate this action is fulfilling a promise to hardline conservative House members in order to win their votes last week for the massive budget reconciliation bill. The order is titled “Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable Foreign Controlled Energy Sources.” It directs the Treasury department to “strictly enforce the termination of the clean electricity production and investment tax credits” as specified by the bill. The legislation, called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Trump signed on July 4, says that projects must begin construction by mid-2026 or be placed in service by the end of 2027. This is a rapid phaseout compared to the previous law that had a phaseout that was to begin in 2032. ### We’re hiring! Please take a look at the new openings in our newsroom. See jobs The executive order advises the Treasury department to allow no wiggle room on the new deadlines. It also says the department must take prompt action to follow the bill’s new limits on tax credits going to entities with ties to China. In addition, it says the Department of the Interior must revise any policies or practices that give solar and wind power preferential treatment compared to other energy sources. The Treasury and Interior departments also must make reports within 45 days about how they are complying with the order. Analysts, lawmakers and officials from renewable energy industry groups had mixed reactions about the significance of the order. But they do not downplay the effects of the bill that has become law. It is a gutting of incentives from President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act that will reduce federal government support for renewable energy, electric vehicles and manufacturing of those products and related components. The result, according to reports from Rhodium Group, Princeton University’s REPEAT Project, the think tank Energy Innovation and the Clean Energy Buyers Association, is likely to be a decrease in U.S. jobs and an increase in electricity prices. And yet, the executive order is likely to have minimal additional effect, said Pavel Molchanov, a managing director for the investment firm Raymond James. “Contrary to the EO’s headline, the EO does not abolish any tax credits,” he said in an email. “To state the obvious, only Congress can change tax law—which, in fact, is what Congress did last week via the budgetary megabill.” He expects little or no practical effect from the Interior department provision “It is worth noting that, under the Federal Power Act, the government cannot favor one type of power generation over another,” he said. “Thus, the EO simply restates existing law in that regard.” Derrick Flakoll, a senior policy associate for BloombergNEF, sees much greater potential for harm to the wind and solar industries. “It’s a big deal, but how big a deal it is we don’t know,” he said. He explained that the order is attempting to create uncertainty around the 2026 deadline, which is a crucial deadline for projects to have a smooth path to qualifying for tax credits. “It could push a lot of projects out of eligibility or into such an uncertain state eligibility that it becomes hard to build and finance them,” he said. Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, offered this statement: “This executive order appears to target long-standing and well-established tax standards that allow for realistic financing timelines for all sorts of energy projects—including solar, wind, carbon capture and hydrogen projects,” she said. “We will continue to make the case that business certainty, predictability, and even-handedness are bedrocks of federal policy that cannot be undone by the stroke of a pen. We expect the Treasury Department to follow the law.” Rep. Sean Casten (D-Illinois), who has a background running clean energy businesses, said the order is about helping the market for fossil fuels by harming competing sources of electricity. “Donald Trump doesn’t hate renewable energy because it is clean,” he said in an email. “He hates it because it’s cheap. His latest executive orders are about making it harder for Americans to access cheap and reliable energy to ensure he keeps profits up for his friends in the fossil fuel industry.” Taylor Rogers, an assistant press secretary for Trump, pushed back on concerns that the president’s actions would lead to higher energy prices. “No one takes disingenuous cost concerns seriously from ‘clean energy’ groups that supported a $200 billion tax hike on the American people to fund the Green New Scam,” she said. “The One Big Beautiful Bill will continue to unleash America’s energy industry, dropping electricity costs that increased dramatically due to Joe Biden’s climate agenda.” She listed the many aspects of the bill that increase oil and gas production and reduce regulations, which she said will cut costs for consumers. Her response to questions did not include any comment about whether the executive order was part of a commitment made to Congressional Republicans. The budget bill passed the House on Friday, 218-214, with all Democrats and two Republicans voting against it. Several fiscally conservative House members initially balked at the spending levels in the bill, but most of them ended up voting for it after meeting with Trump. Asked about how Trump had earned their votes, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) told CNBC on Friday that the president had told members he would use executive powers to stop renewable energy sources from being able to use subsidies. “A lot of these subsidies won’t remain in effect from here on out,” Norman said. He posted on Facebook on Tuesday that the order was “a pledge [Trump] had made, and one he kept.” He added, “I proudly support an all-of-the-above energy approach—ensuring coal, gas, nuclear, hydropower, and yes, responsibly advanced renewables can compete in an honest market. THIS is how you make energy policy work for everyday Americans, not special interests.” It’s not much of a stretch to see a connection between Norman’s comment on CNBC and the executive order, said Glen Brand, vice president of policy and advocacy for Solar United Neighbors, a nonprofit that works to expand access to rooftop solar. “I assume that this is the direct response to that promise,” he said. He said it’s difficult to predict the ramifications of the order without knowing how federal agencies will choose to respond. “It all depends on how Treasury interprets the guidance. It could be nothing. It could be a lot,” he said. Brand believes the order’s intent was to increase uncertainty and discourage companies from using the tax credits, which it may succeed in doing even if it doesn’t lead to any substantive changes in the way the credits work. ## About This Story Perhaps you noticed: This story, like all the news we publish, is free to read. That’s because Inside Climate News is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. We do not charge a subscription fee, lock our news behind a paywall, or clutter our website with ads. We make our news on climate and the environment freely available to you and anyone who wants it. That’s not all. We also share our news for free with scores of other media organizations around the country. Many of them can’t afford to do environmental journalism of their own. We’ve built bureaus from coast to coast to report local stories, collaborate with local newsrooms and co-publish articles so that this vital work is shared as widely as possible. Two of us launched ICN in 2007. Six years later we earned a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, and now we run the oldest and largest dedicated climate newsroom in the nation. We tell the story in all its complexity. We hold polluters accountable. We expose environmental injustice. We debunk misinformation. We scrutinize solutions and inspire action. 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He grew up in Warren County, Iowa, just south of Des Moines, and lives in Columbus, Ohio. * @dangearino.bsky.social * [email protected]

8 months ago

Dictator Trump Issues Executive Order Targeting ‘Unreliable’ #CleanEnergy

insideclimatenews.org/news/08072025/trump-exec...

#RenewableEnergy #ExtinctionEvent #GlobalWarming #Tyranny #Greed

Dictator Trump will embrace coal as the planet burns.

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R. Brassard Ⓥ

@veganrick.bsky.social

8 months ago

Southern Resident Orcas swimming.

High probability of extinction’: Urgent plea for action to save southern resident orcas 🎥

#BC #Canada 🇨🇦 #BCpoli #Cdnpoli #USA 🇺🇸 #USpoli
#Orcas #Cetaceans #Blackfish #ExtinctionEvent #Marinelife #Wildlife #Science #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights #AnimalLaw #MarineBiology

globalnews.ca/news/1127896...

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Helen McCarthy

@helenmccarthy51.bsky.social

8 months ago

blue sky golden sand
blue water pale sunbleached land
binary season
suspended in this moment
insects extinct in amber

#tanka #poetry #heatwave #extinctionevent

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8 months ago

Australian authorities scramble to fix emerging koala crisis: 'A pretty stressful situation' www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/koala-displacem...

This is 2025 & humans somehow still need to make things from dead trees - killing animals, birds, & […]

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Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here's What's Being Done to Save Them Both In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both alive

8 months ago

Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here's What's Being Done to Save Them Both www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-shared-...

#GlobalWarming #Environment #Logging #Deforestation #ExtinctionEvent

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Mary Hess

@limelightonyou.bsky.social

8 months ago

“We are the hottest country in the world.”

Donald Trump

Yes 🥵
Literally 100 degrees F

#ClimateDisaster
#ClimateCatastrophe
#ExtinctionEvent

#NATO
@c-span.bsky.social

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‘Extinction crisis’ could see 500 bird species vanish within a century – report Researchers say urgent conservation efforts will be needed to mitigate the ‘shocking statistic’ that threatens to unravel ecosystems

8 months ago

‘Extinction crisis’ could see 500 bird species vanish within a century www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/24/...

#ExtinctionEvent #Nature #HumanDestruction #HabitatLoss #Deforestation #Pollution #Birds

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Koalas on the brink: Precision DNA test offers a lifeline to Australia’s icons A University of Queensland-led project has developed a tool to standardise genetic testing of koala populations, providing a significant boost to conservation and recovery efforts.

8 months ago

#Koalas on the brink: Precision DNA test offers a lifeline to #Australia’s icons www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/2506141...

#ExtinctionEvent #AustralianShame

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9 months ago

Deadly algal bloom in South #Australia’s Coorong an #environmental ‘eye opener’, ecologist says www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/15/... […]

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9 months ago

Scientists raise red flag over 'global phenomenon' observed in amphibians: 'There is nowhere else to go' www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/amphibian-popul...

Frogs, salamanders, & other species are being pushed to the brink by habitat loss and climate change […]

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9 months ago