Microbes may be invisible, but they underpin planetary and ecosystem health — and are increasingly threatened by climate change, pollution and land use change.

A new IUCN specialist group aims to put microbes on the conservation agenda, including Red and Green Lists for at-risk species.

by Sean Mowbray
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/iucn-launches-group-to-conserve-at-risk-microbes-vital-to-life-on-earth/

#news #climatechange #conservation #ecosystems #endangeredspecies #extinction #habitatloss #microorganisms

Microbes may be invisible, but they underpin planetary and ecosystem health — and are increasingly threatened by climate change, pollution and land use change.

A new IUCN specialist group aims to put microbes on the conservation agenda, including Red and Green Lists for at-risk species.

by Sean Mowbray
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/iucn-launches-group-to-conserve-at-risk-microbes-vital-to-life-on-earth/

#news #climatechange #conservation #ecosystems #endangeredspecies #extinction #habitatloss #microorganisms

North Atlantic Right Whales Are Facing Extinction

"Ship strikes and fishing gear entanglements continue to reduce the numbers of North Atlantic right whale population, and the species could become extinct by 2040"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#Whales #Endangered #Extinction #conservation #Whaling #ShipStrikes #FishingGear #FishingGearEntanglements https://grrlscientist.medium.com/north-atlantic-right-whales-are-facing-extinction-c9e6ac60e2c8

North Atlantic Right Whales Are Facing Extinction

"Ship strikes and fishing gear entanglements continue to reduce the numbers of North Atlantic right whale population, and the species could become extinct by 2040"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#Whales #Endangered #Extinction #conservation #Whaling #ShipStrikes #FishingGear #FishingGearEntanglements https://grrlscientist.medium.com/north-atlantic-right-whales-are-facing-extinction-c9e6ac60e2c8

Peak Glacier Extinction In The Mid-Twenty-First Century
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02513-9 <-- shared paper
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“📉 KEY FINDINGS
• At +4 °C, only ~18,000 glaciers remain worldwide by 2100
• At +1.5 °C, ~100,000 glaciers survive
• [They] identif[ed] “Peak Glacier Extinction”:
– ~2041 at +1.5 °C (~2,000 glaciers lost per year)
– ~2055 at +4 °C (~4,000 glaciers lost per year)
🏔️ THE ALPS
• At +2.7 °C, only ~110 glaciers remain by 2100.
• At +4 °C, this drops to just ~20.
Can you imagine the Alps with almost no glaciers left?...”
#model #modeling #global #glacier #loss #glacial #cryosphere #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GloGEM #OGGM #PyGEM #extinction #climate #climatechange #globalwarming #water #hydrology #freshwater #surfacewater #count #metrics #volume #thickness #size #sealevelrise #tourism #culture #usecase #waterresources #Alps #TheAlps #worldwide #melted #melting

#Glaciers to reach peak rate of #extinction in the #Alps in eight years

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/15/alpine-glaciers-rate-extinction-climate-crisis

> #Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage

#Glaciers to reach peak rate of #extinction in the #Alps in eight years

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/15/alpine-glaciers-rate-extinction-climate-crisis

> #Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage

Peak Glacier Extinction In The Mid-Twenty-First Century
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02513-9 <-- shared paper
--
“📉 KEY FINDINGS
• At +4 °C, only ~18,000 glaciers remain worldwide by 2100
• At +1.5 °C, ~100,000 glaciers survive
• [They] identif[ed] “Peak Glacier Extinction”:
– ~2041 at +1.5 °C (~2,000 glaciers lost per year)
– ~2055 at +4 °C (~4,000 glaciers lost per year)
🏔️ THE ALPS
• At +2.7 °C, only ~110 glaciers remain by 2100.
• At +4 °C, this drops to just ~20.
Can you imagine the Alps with almost no glaciers left?...”
#model #modeling #global #glacier #loss #glacial #cryosphere #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GloGEM #OGGM #PyGEM #extinction #climate #climatechange #globalwarming #water #hydrology #freshwater #surfacewater #count #metrics #volume #thickness #size #sealevelrise #tourism #culture #usecase #waterresources #Alps #TheAlps #worldwide #melted #melting

A man walks past members of Extinction Rebellion during a wreath-laying ceremony marking Remembrance Day for Lost Species, an annual global initiative that commemorates extinct species and ecosystems, reflects on the stories behind these losses, and promotes action to prevent future extinctions, on the False Bay coastline, in Cape Town, South Africa. REUTERS/Esa Alexander

#photography
#extinction
#ExtinctionRebellion
#protest

A man walks past members of Extinction Rebellion during a wreath-laying ceremony marking Remembrance Day for Lost Species, an annual global initiative that commemorates extinct species and ecosystems, reflects on the stories behind these losses, and promotes action to prevent future extinctions, on the False Bay coastline, in Cape Town, South Africa. REUTERS/Esa Alexander

#photography
#extinction
#ExtinctionRebellion
#protest

The great insect die-off. Cartoon from 2019.

#insects #ecology #extinction #life

The great insect die-off. Cartoon from 2019.

#insects #ecology #extinction #life

"Advocates began sounding the alarm over PFAS in pesticides in 2023. The #Biden EPA attempted to discredit the author of one study that identified PFAS in pesticides, and the agency appeared to have lied about whether some of the chemicals are in pesticides. Under Donald #Trump, the EPA has increased the number of PFAS proposed for use in pesticides."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/18/california-pfas-forever-chemicals

#USPol #EPAFail #ForeverChemicals #DowChemicalKnew
#3MKnew #BigAg #RoundupReady #Glyphosate #Bees #Extinction #Hubris #WaterIsLife #PFASContamination #EnvironmentalDamage #EPACuts #Pollution #PFOS #PFASPollution #PFASContamnation #ManMadeDisasters #3M #3MLied #GenXChemicals
#PFNA #PFHxS

HT @ai6yr

#California farms applied millions of pounds of #PFAS to key crops, study finds

‘ #ForeverChemicals’ sprayed on #almonds, #grapes, #tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’

by Tom Perkins
Tue 18 Nov 2025 07.00 EST

Excerpt: "California farms applied an average of 2.5m lbs of PFAS “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lbs, a new review of state records shows.

The chemicals are added to pesticides that are sprayed on crops such as almonds, pistachios, #wine grapes, #alfalfa and tomatoes, the review of California Department of Pesticide Regulation data found. The Environmental Working Group nonprofit put together the report.

The risk for uptake of PFAS is likely higher in water-rich fruits and vegetables, because water attracts the chemicals, and research has shown PFAS may concentrate at dangerous levels in some produce. The chemicals also pollute water supplies and present a higher risk to the often low income and Latino #farmworkers."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/18/california-pfas-forever-chemicals

#ForeverChemicals #DowChemicalKnew
#3MKnew #BigAg #RoundupReady #Glyphosate #Bees #Extinction #Hubris #WaterIsLife #PFASContamination #EnvironmentalDamage #EPACuts #Pollution #PFOS #PFASPollution #PFASContamnation #ManMadeDisasters #3M #3MLied #GenXChemicals
#PFNA #PFHxS

“The world is now anticipated to heat up by 2.6C above preindustrial times by the end of the century – the same temperature rise forecast last year.
…
‘That all means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa, lethal heat and humidity’”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/13/world-still-on-track-for-catastrophic-26c-temperature-rise-report-finds

I guess we should build more data centres.

#apes #climateCrisis #capitalism #extinction

“The world is now anticipated to heat up by 2.6C above preindustrial times by the end of the century – the same temperature rise forecast last year.
…
‘That all means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa, lethal heat and humidity’”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/13/world-still-on-track-for-catastrophic-26c-temperature-rise-report-finds

I guess we should build more data centres.

#apes #climateCrisis #capitalism #extinction

#News: A family of the world's rarest #orangutans, #Tapanuli found in an unprotected peat swamp, under threat from #palmoil. 🌴🤮 Take action and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife every time you shop to fight their #extinction! #Deforestation 🚫 @palmoildetect https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/tapanuli-orangutan-sumatra-endangered-ape-conservation-forest-indonesia/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

#News: A family of the world's rarest #orangutans, #Tapanuli found in an unprotected peat swamp, under threat from #palmoil. 🌴🤮 Take action and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife every time you shop to fight their #extinction! #Deforestation 🚫 @palmoildetect https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/tapanuli-orangutan-sumatra-endangered-ape-conservation-forest-indonesia/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Climate's steep demands
may be inconvenient
so is Extinction

whose peace won't come peacefully
billions of violent ends

#haiku #senryu #tanka #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDenial #ClimateMitigation #ClimateAdaptation #society #collapse #extinction

Climate's steep demands
may be inconvenient
so is Extinction

whose peace won't come peacefully
billions of violent ends

#haiku #senryu #tanka #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDenial #ClimateMitigation #ClimateAdaptation #society #collapse #extinction