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A quotation from Douglas Adams
So the world is fine. We don’t have to save the world; the world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about is whether or not the world we live in will be capable of sustaining us in it. That’s what we need to think about.
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Speech (2001-05), “Parrots, the Universe, and Everything,” University of California, Santa Barbara
More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/86850/
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Relevant to my previous post, here is another article about the tragic ongoing loss of biodiversity.
TITLE -- "Biodiversity: State of Emergency"
Key points:
◘ By 2050, 38-46% of animal and plant species could be wiped out from the planet.
◘ Of particular concern are Central and South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia, which are more vulnerable to soil impoverishment.
◘ Within 30 years, the number of people living in arid regions could rise from 2.7 to 4 billion, increasing the risk of migration crises.
◘ Land degradation and climate change, leading to declining crop yields and social and economic instability, are likely to force 50-700 million people to migrate by the middle of the century.
FULL ARTICLE -- https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/biodiversity-state-of-emergency
#Nature #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Extinction
TITLE -- "Biodiversity: State of Emergency"
Key points:
◘ By 2050, 38-46% of animal and plant species could be wiped out from the planet.
◘ Of particular concern are Central and South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia, which are more vulnerable to soil impoverishment.
◘ Within 30 years, the number of people living in arid regions could rise from 2.7 to 4 billion, increasing the risk of migration crises.
◘ Land degradation and climate change, leading to declining crop yields and social and economic instability, are likely to force 50-700 million people to migrate by the middle of the century.
FULL ARTICLE -- https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/biodiversity-state-of-emergency
#Nature #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Extinction
Biodiversity: State of Emergency
The IPBES, which is to biodiversity what the IPCC is to climate change, recently published five reports at its sixth plenary session held in March in Medellín, Colombia.CNRS News