#Rainforests

Dr. Sweta Chakraborty

swetac

I'm a scientist who studies threats like pandemics, esp how climate change accelerates risk of diseases. The next super virus is right around the corner. Read about Disease X in

Guy Shrubsole

guyshrubsole

THREAD: How many grouse moor estates will the Government's (very caveated) moorland burning ban affect? I've been taking a look at some maps...Firstly, here's a map of where grouse moors

Tobias Winnerling

t_winnerling

Yes Civilization VI features Global Warming, but in terms of an overall climate perspective it could be a bit less ... utilitarian. The same applies to Rainforests. Why keep them

Ben See

ClimateBen

African Rainforests will suffer from a totally new climate of unprecedented heat from 2025 onwards with staggering consequences for all life on Earth. The most intact rainforests cover 6 countries.

Ben See

ClimateBen

Time to talk about the rapid collapse of Earth's major ecosystems which humans rely on for decent survival.This terrifying Ecological Catastrophe of climate chaos & extinctions is the biggest news

r❄b

plounce

some civet pics. they are in the viverrid family (old world omnivorous feliform carnivora) along with binturongs, genets, and oyans! the oyan (also known as the linsang) aka the real

Christopher Such

Suchmo83

I think there is a need to reassess what stuff we actually think all children should remember from our primary foundation curricula. You see things like 'Children will know that

Dr. Jonathan Foley

GlobalEcoGuy

When I hear hear about distant technology breakthroughs as “climate solutions”, I have to smile a little.In the meantime, it’ll be -10 F in Minneapolis tonight, and most of the

Katie Kedward

katie_kedward

New @IIPP_UCL working paper out on nature-related Financial Risks We @jryancollins & Hugues Chenet argue that central banks & financial supervisors must take precautionary action to manage environmental risks beyond

Geoff Clampitt

ClampittGeoff

Hey @benandjerrysUK, we think the real crisis is your hypocrisy. We pulled together a thread for you..Environmental record:Palm oilIn 2014, Unilever was criticised by Greenpeace for causing deforestation. In 2008,

Bregna

_bregna

Book recommedation: Topophilia by Yi-Fu Tuan. A book on landscape psychology, or something like it. It took me forever to read. It's unscientific, poetic, and an incredibly under-explored subject. Not

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beepuke

Why animal agriculture is a human rights issue as well as an animal rights issue, and why that issue disproportionately affects people of colour: The Amazon forest is home to

Dr Timothy Utteridge

timutteridge

#Fridayfact Dipterocarpaceae are an important plant family in SE Asia, ecological and commercially, and lowland forests in West Malesia are known as ‘MDF’ – mixed dipterocarp forest. #Fridayfact The family

prof. sian sullivan

SianSullivanUK

1/ The #DasguptaReview on the #Economics of #Biodiversity, commissioned by #UKTreasury, is being launched today. It urges the world’s governments to use a different form of national accounting from #GDP

Dr Mark D. Scherz

MarkScherz

Today's #FrogOfTheDay is a stunner, appropriately named: #39 Guibemantis (Pandanusicola) pulcher (Boulenger, 1882)! Pulcher is Latin for 'beautiful'. It's our first Guibemantis, an enchanting genus of #frogs.#MadagascarFrog

Guy Shrubsole

guyshrubsole

Like @GeorgeMonbiot & others, I'm wary of economists trying to 'put a price on nature'.But I was surprised to see the #DasguptaReview make a strong case for actually *putting large

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