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#biodiversityloss

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Petra van Cronenburg

Scientists record the #soundscape of a healthy #reef and play it to #corals in a disturbed #environment: bbc.co.uk/newsround/68553058
Study: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi

I spontaneously thought of David Goulson's book Silent Earth about the #insectApocalypse penguin.co.uk/books/443405/sil
Humans are #silencing #nature. Will we also need sound recordings to survive one day? Or for our children to know what is lost?

Cartoon of speakers under the water on a coral reef
BBC NewsroundPlaying sounds underwater to damaged coral could help them thriveResearchers found that coral larvae were up to seven times more likely to settle at a damaged reef if healthy coral sounds were played.
#ecology#biodiversityLoss#extinction
Petra van Cronenburg

"When AI is used ethically it can have great benefits in the realm of conservation. By completing time consuming and repetitive tasks, it allows us to focus on more pressing issues that need innovation and problem solving that only humans can do."

#KewGardens develops a #machineLearning tool at the Millenium #SeedBank for #conservation: kew.org/read-and-watch/machine
This scientific use is different to what we know as popular "AI".

A 20p piece is used for scale showing tiny orchid seeds
www.kew.orgHow machine learning can help us conserve orchid seeds | KewLearn how we are using machine learning to tell us if our orchid seeds in the MSB are still alive, and how this will benefit us in the future.
#science#botany#biodiversity
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Petra van Cronenburg

The decline of insects and pollinators is catastrophically huge. Did you know that you can do something for insects even with only a balcon or very small garden? If all try it ... Some small, easy to start steps that could change your behaviour: theguardian.com/environment/20

The Guardian · Insects are dying: here are 25 easy and effective ways you can help protect themBy Tess McClure
#insects#decline#biodiversity
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Broadfork

@LokiTheCat This is a devastating article to read.

“Elsewhere in their profession, some scientists are starting to look away. “We know quite a number of entomologists who have experience dating back to the 70s, 80s or 90s,” Hallwachs says. “One of our very good friends – he now does not have the emotional courage to hang up a sheet to collect moths at night. It is too devastating to see how few there are.” #ClimateDiary #BiodiversityLoss

MarjaKatz

“We’re at a new point in human history,” Wagner says. Up until the last decade, “the major drivers of biodiversity losses around the planet were really land degradation and land loss, habitat loss. But I think now that climate change is by far exceeding that.”

theguardian.com/environment/20

The Guardian · ‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insectsBy Tess McClure
#biodiversity#biodiversityloss#massextinction
Research Whisperer

"Combatting science denialism depends on community-level collaborations, not individuals. In particular, experts need to be supported by academic and research institutions, policymakers, and journalists." - New paper: science denial, insect apocalypse and biodiversity loss, by @manusaunders on the Ecology is Not a Dirty Word blog.
#ECRchat #ResearchCommunication #SciComm #ScienceDenialism #BiodiversityLoss
ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/202

Ecology is not a dirty word · New paper: science denial, insect apocalypse and biodiversity lossSaunders, Lees, Grames (2025) Understanding and counteracting the denial of insect biodiversity loss Science denial is one of the greatest threats to humanity. Denial of climate change and public h…
Eric Sparks

Q: How can we fight Deforestation around the world?
A: Provide an income to landowners for leaving their land as forest, paying them to keep it forest. How can that be done and paid for / funded?

Listen on Spotify:

#sustainability #ForestPreservation #biodiversityloss #nature
#tropicalforests #trailcam
#biology #forest #forests

open.spotify.com/episode/5QcB7

SpotifyForest Preservation Around the World - Fighting Deforestation & Biodiversity LossSparks Sustainability · Episode
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