'The population extinction pulse..shows..Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusively at species extinctions' 'the rate of population loss in terrestrial vertebrates is extremely high—even in “species of low concern”https://t.co/CIPnTpJe7A
Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines.
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The overall tone emphasizes the scientific consensus on biological annihilation, with many participants referencing detailed studies like those published in PNAS and debating the severity of population declines, which underscores their high engagement and concern regarding environmental impact.
Most discussions acknowledge the severity and reality of the ongoing sixth mass extinction, citing scientific studies and emphasizing human responsibility.
Posts display strong curiosity and concern, referencing specific data, reports, and scientific findings about vertebrate population declines.
Many users actively reference scientific reports, debate implications, and suggest actions like plant-based diets, showing deep involvement.
The discussions highlight the urgent need for awareness and action, stressing the significance of the findings for humanity’s future, indicating high perceived impact.
Abstract in brief
- The text highlights that Earth is experiencing a sixth mass extinction, which is more severe than just counting species extinctions, as it includes significant declines and loss of individual populations of vertebrates.
- Analyses of nearly 28,000 vertebrate species show that about half are experiencing shrinking populations and ranges, with many mammals losing over 30% of their habitat, indicating widespread population declines.
- This ongoing biodiversity loss is expected to disrupt ecosystem functions and services critical for human survival, emphasizing the urgent need for action to address these population extinctions and declines.]
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Most liked on X and Bluesky1/Annihilation: The strong focus on species extinctions, a critical aspect of the contemporary pulse of biological extinction, leads to a common misimpression that Earth’s biota is not immediately threatened Our data indicate.. a “biological annihilation”.https://t.co/CIPnTpJe7A
@StefanFSchubert @_david_ho_ @giulio_mattioli Yes. Context matters Doesn't change the fact that he's wrong. Climate scientists and physicists often underestimate the threat to life and ecosystems. If all plants die, we die. If oceans die, we die. You need to listen to ecologists on this precise field https://t.co/6QkmfxtD9s
“This mass extinction is transforming the whole biosphere, possibly into a state in which it may be impossible for our current civilization to persist.” Some light reading for your Tuesday morning. https://t.co/tp4FEiuBAK
#Biodiversidad Aniquilación biológica a través de la sexta extinción masiva en curso señalada por pérdidas y disminuciones de la población de vertebrados the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/rf7gryGVR0
@AurelienBarrau "70%": pourriez-vous citer une source, au moins ? @WWF évoque une diminution de la taille des populations de 60% mais Ceballos et al., 2017 (https://t.co/wiTQ9O6Wk1) sur un échantillon beaucoup plus grand évoque une diminution pour 32% des vertébrés cf.https://t.co/HUR8YevBEw
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@Luucas_btt @AFantasyMind Jsjsj nmms primero me pides pruebas empíricas para argumentar mi punto, y después das tu opinión que solo “la contaminación es válida” que me importa los progres lit más ideología tienes qué argumentos https://t.co/pG32kQ7xME https://t.co/xcX04Upkrt https://t.co/PdkDTA9tDn
RT @ClimateBen: Nobody knows for sure how many extinctions occur each year, but the 6th mass extinction caused by humans under capitalism m…
RT @ClimateBen: Remember: 1. Alarming insect decline https://t.co/kiMG99RmvR 2. Biological annihilation https://t.co/ZZBR72sMbx 3. Collaps…
RT @ClimateBen: Strong focus on...extinctions...leads to a...misimpression that Earth...is not immediately threatened...This...overlooks...…
RT @ClimateBen: @guardian 7. Extinction is now. It is a scientific fact we are well into the sixth mass extinction event. https://t.co/ZZ…
RT @ClimateBen: 2. Forests will soon be gone. Over 20,000 scientists/experts fear for our forests. https://t.co/YJpN59PDdQ 'Especially t…
@UlrichFromy En fait les malthusiens ont raison : "The sixth mass extinction is already here" https://t.co/Sn0KclmePw
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RT @ClimateBen: 'The population extinction pulse..shows..Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusive…
RT @RedbudHunt: @RawsonRaws95662 @NickDeIuliis Of course the planet has undergone eons of natural change. What is happening now is the near…
@RawsonRaws95662 @NickDeIuliis Of course the planet has undergone eons of natural change. What is happening now is the near instantaneous collapse due to the actions of a single species of animal. I guess you would call this natural. It is not, but you can believe. https://t.co/LQo6tZdk60
RT @ClimateBen: 'The population extinction pulse..shows..Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusive…
RT @ClimateBen: 'The population extinction pulse..shows..Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusive…
RT @ClimateBen: 'The population extinction pulse..shows..Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusive…
RT @ClimateBen: 'The population extinction pulse..shows..Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusive…
@TOEwithCurt https://t.co/vbMDgPElaI
RT @ClimateBen: 'The population extinction pulse..shows..Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusive…
RT @ClimateBen: 'The population extinction pulse..shows..Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusive…
RT @ClimateBen: 'The population extinction pulse..shows..Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusive…
RT @ClimateBen: 'The population extinction pulse..shows..Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusive…
RT @ClimateBen: 'The population extinction pulse..shows..Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusive…
RT @ClimateBen: 'The population extinction pulse..shows..Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusive…
RT @ClimateBen: 'The population extinction pulse..shows..Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusive…
'The population extinction pulse..shows..Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusively at species extinctions' 'the rate of population loss in terrestrial vertebrates is extremely high—even in “species of low concern”https://t.co/CIPnTpJe7A
@NaomiHalll https://t.co/Sn0KclmePw
RT @ClimateBen: 1/Annihilation: The strong focus on species extinctions, a critical aspect of the contemporary pulse of biological extincti…
RT @ClimateBen: 1/Annihilation: The strong focus on species extinctions, a critical aspect of the contemporary pulse of biological extincti…
RT @ClimateBen: 1/Annihilation: The strong focus on species extinctions, a critical aspect of the contemporary pulse of biological extincti…
1/Annihilation: The strong focus on species extinctions, a critical aspect of the contemporary pulse of biological extinction, leads to a common misimpression that Earth’s biota is not immediately threatened Our data indicate.. a “biological annihilation”.https://t.co/CIPnTpJe7A
Earth’s #sixthmassextinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusively at #speciesextinctions. Therefore, humanity needs to address #anthropogenic population extirpation and decimation immediately. (Species richness vs Latitude) https://t.co/kQWeBdkbgX https://t.co/bFHIT33SjZ
Den biologiska förintelsen understryker allvaret för mänskligheten under jordens pågående sjätte massutrotningshändelse. https://t.co/YqgUzCRRIo
Den biologiska förintelsen understryker allvaret för mänskligheten under jordens pågående sjätte massutrotningshändelse. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1704949114
@tanstech @hausfath "We are at risk of human extinction every single day." Yes. And I'm discussing one in particular. What's the problem? "Trope"? Unlike others, this one (related to climate change) has a high probability. Not my hyperbole, but based on science. https://t.co/o5QEqD1VnW
RT @N_Wallenhorst: Mais aussi déclin incroyable des populations de vertébré. Ce qui fait dire à des chercheurs que nous avons affaire à une…
Mais aussi déclin incroyable des populations de vertébré. Ce qui fait dire à des chercheurs que nous avons affaire à une « annihilation biologique sans précédent dans l’histoire humaine ». 7/14 https://t.co/BYbXgaXwix
This “biological annihilation” underlines the seriousness for humanity of Earth’s ongoing sixth mass extinction event | PNAS https://t.co/WHcn3XvC5g
@ArmadaIngeniero @el_pais Estás respondiendo a un comentario de mamíferos con un gráfico muy colorido todos los reinos de biología. No digo que el tuit no es confuso, pero aquí dejo el artículo al que hace referencia. https://t.co/HTyiPbCzrt
RT @ryankatzrosene: “This mass extinction is transforming the whole biosphere, possibly into a state in which it may be impossible for our…
RT @ryankatzrosene: “This mass extinction is transforming the whole biosphere, possibly into a state in which it may be impossible for our…
“This mass extinction is transforming the whole biosphere, possibly into a state in which it may be impossible for our current civilization to persist.” Some light reading for your Tuesday morning. https://t.co/tp4FEiuBAK
@rarunrarunrarr @RogerHallamCS21 Yes. https://t.co/VURW5a1gwL
@Call_Me_Emo1 @NosrepPcn @AmputeeAtheist @StephenCMeyer Ceballos, Paul R. Ehrlich, Dirzo https://t.co/XdmIiDUOL3 The loss of biological diversity is one of the most severe human-caused global environmental problems. Hundreds of species and myriad populations are being driven to extinction every year (1–8).
5/ Uno de los problemas urgentes con la biodiversidad es que, debido a las actividades humanas, existe una tasa acelerada de pérdida de especies que algunos ecólogos están comparando con las otras cinco extinciones masivas de la historia geológica. https://t.co/2vI6zgCq0U
RT @SadWithoutGuilt: @StefanFSchubert @_david_ho_ @giulio_mattioli Yes. Context matters Doesn't change the fact that he's wrong. Climate sc…
@StefanFSchubert @_david_ho_ @giulio_mattioli Yes. Context matters Doesn't change the fact that he's wrong. Climate scientists and physicists often underestimate the threat to life and ecosystems. If all plants die, we die. If oceans die, we die. You need to listen to ecologists on this precise field https://t.co/6QkmfxtD9s
@RobertWager1 https://t.co/thrdUBWC7J
@CT28911637 @FerghaneA Renseignez vous mon vieux, ce ne sont pas des lutins invisibles qui causent la destruction de l'environment. https://t.co/Sn0KclmePw
RT @LeonLovesU: @WeillClaude @FerghaneA Il est souvent fort interessant mais ici c'est lui l'idéologue et la science montre qu'il se trompe…
@WeillClaude @FerghaneA Il est souvent fort interessant mais ici c'est lui l'idéologue et la science montre qu'il se trompe. https://t.co/Sn0KclmePw
@WarrenFahy @SDonziger https://t.co/Jtws6uhpR6
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RT @antonio_arnau: #Biodiversidad Aniquilación biológica a través de la sexta extinción masiva en curso señalada por pérdidas y disminucion…
RT @antonio_arnau: #Biodiversidad Aniquilación biológica a través de la sexta extinción masiva en curso señalada por pérdidas y disminucion…
#Biodiversidad Aniquilación biológica a través de la sexta extinción masiva en curso señalada por pérdidas y disminuciones de la población de vertebrados the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/rf7gryGVR0
RT @saamagni: @e_galv 3. We live in a fragile and finite world and need to find ways to decrease our ecological impact in order to survive…
@e_galv 3. We live in a fragile and finite world and need to find ways to decrease our ecological impact in order to survive as a species. https://t.co/kfZuD4h3PT https://t.co/riw60n8I1J
RT @mustapipa: @Severi_Niemi Osaat varmasti etsiä ihan itse. Näistä pääset alkuun. https://t.co/fCucJeuoe6 https://t.co/Z5NwWZQuO4 https…
@Severi_Niemi Osaat varmasti etsiä ihan itse. Näistä pääset alkuun. https://t.co/fCucJeuoe6 https://t.co/Z5NwWZQuO4 https://t.co/1TobU74y1Q https://t.co/xLE48Yc8cd
“Biological annihilation” https://t.co/9wkmEszH6J https://t.co/1Jltz5L3hJ
@latimeralder @DejectedEarth @BobBobs64 https://t.co/VURW5a1gwL Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
@mynameiscissy @SinemasMynah @Race2Extinct https://t.co/VURW5a1gwL
@goopta7600 @BruceWa26792212 @ExtinctionR Just the one underway at the moment. https://t.co/VURW5a1gwL
@dfwalters1947 @ExtinctionR https://t.co/VURW5a1gwL
@philerator @ExtinctionR https://t.co/VURW5a1gwL
De hecho, estos datos provienen de un informe de @WWF, pero las causas son muy similares (aunque con variaciones regionales) a las previamente obtenidas:https://t.co/gq2YHzwG7c En conjunto, esto conformaría la llamada 6ª extinción masiva: https://t.co/3tyWVkqWi7
@ClimateHuman And "Population extinctions today are...a prelude to species extinctions, so Earth’s sixth mass extinction episode has proceeded further than most assume. The massive loss of populations is already damaging the services ecosystems provide to civilization" https://t.co/opIwSc1JmU
@croquenonbinary @jarern229 @RebelsAnimal But if you eat more of them, that would mean inefficiently using land and more deforestation to grow animal feed, and we are currently in a Sixth Mass Extinction Event, caused by humans ‘clearing’ ecosystems to grow animal feed + global warming. https://t.co/HYfqAvHhoB
End of Days not newsworthy? Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/YRtnlWnweh
#openaccess Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines Gerardo Ceballos, Paul R. Ehrlich and Rodolfo Dirzo PNAS, Vol. 114, No. 30 https://t.co/5MpvAU6vdT
RT @scottakenhead: We are crashing. Wake up. 2017 paper: Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by verteb…
Sources: https://t.co/ksodiY6OxE https://t.co/s6jlTs3aTV https://t.co/UFhrsVJ6tC https://t.co/BTThvCOvvb
RT @JDarlingMusica: @Liam_TL9 @JustCollapse @JeffersonCraigg @JordanPerry @safecircle @michael65396853 9/ a “biological annihilation” to h…
@Liam_TL9 @JustCollapse @JeffersonCraigg @JordanPerry @safecircle @michael65396853 9/ a “biological annihilation” to highlight the current magnitude of Earth’s ongoing sixth major extinction event." https://t.co/VURW5aijyL
@bjames280961 @KevinSLeahy @KarinSung_ @apoorv_bh89 https://t.co/2ZoQFlCeSB
@RebelsAnimal Well done. The media are not addressing the need for plant based diets to help us out with the climate emergency and ongoing sixth mass extinction event. https://t.co/HYfqAvHhoB
@TrumpSucked21 You make a crucial point, thanks! (The short opening section of this study - 'Significance' - is useful.) https://t.co/CIPnTpJe7A
RT @Race2Extinct: @WEschenbach Willis, Since I know you appreciate science, I thought you would enjoy this paper. There are dozens more if…
@WEschenbach Willis, Since I know you appreciate science, I thought you would enjoy this paper. There are dozens more if interested. You’re very welcome. @EarthKeeper22 @Karmageddon67 https://t.co/thrdUBEsTB
[19] https://t.co/URAWvek0iP [20] https://t.co/sU3xznp9yM [21] https://t.co/m55C2CIORo [22] https://t.co/4yHpJnqZiF [23] https://t.co/YVAwREoZxM [24] https://t.co/1lqYZVlLgQ [25] https://t.co/apDqQyWxHN use sci-hub for access thru paywalls
@MartinW67363318 @ClimateBen You've got zero sources for any of your beliefs. There are tangible, provable consequences to the shit we're doing. We've started a new mass extinction event. An equivalent to the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. But we built it ourselves https://t.co/CJErBsFKL3 https://t.co/f4oei3MHWV
@FringeLunacy2 @InsulateLove @10DowningStreet Animals the size of people don't survive mass extinctions. Look up the "the holocene." Its the reason why agriculture and civilization has only been around for the last 10 thousand years despite homo saps being around for 200 thousand years. https://t.co/VURW5aijyL
RT @PVincourt: @AurelienBarrau "70%": pourriez-vous citer une source, au moins ? @WWF évoque une diminution de la taille des populations d…
RT @PVincourt: @AurelienBarrau "70%": pourriez-vous citer une source, au moins ? @WWF évoque une diminution de la taille des populations d…
@Polificcion @nunezdp Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines Gerardo Ceballos, Paul R. Ehrlich, and Rodolfo Dirzo PNAS July 25, 2017 114 (30) E6089-E6096; first published July 10, 2017 https://t.co/adZOxX70sJ
RT @PVincourt: @AurelienBarrau "70%": pourriez-vous citer une source, au moins ? @WWF évoque une diminution de la taille des populations d…
RT @PVincourt: @AurelienBarrau "70%": pourriez-vous citer une source, au moins ? @WWF évoque une diminution de la taille des populations d…
@AurelienBarrau "70%": pourriez-vous citer une source, au moins ? @WWF évoque une diminution de la taille des populations de 60% mais Ceballos et al., 2017 (https://t.co/wiTQ9O6Wk1) sur un échantillon beaucoup plus grand évoque une diminution pour 32% des vertébrés cf.https://t.co/HUR8YevBEw
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