Notices by GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified: (grrlscientist@mstdn.science)

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Cancer Risk From Pesticides Comparable To Smoking For Some Cancers, study out of Rocky Vista University, published by Frontiers in Cancer Control and Society

by @GrrlScientist

#Cancer #pesticides #smoking🚬 #agriculture🚜 #FoodSecurity #health🩺⚕️ #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/07/25/cancer-risk-from-pesticides-comparable-to-smoking-for-some-cancers/

terrifying reading

AMOC WILL COLLAPSE AS EARLY AS MID CENTURY

Atlantic Meridional Overturning circulation (AMOC) or Great Ocean Conveyer is slowing & will abruptly collapse in just decades--high confidence study.

#ClimateCrisis #AMOCcollapse #ClimateSky https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk1189

people produce around 345 million TONS of #plastic a year. but we recycle less than 10%. That's created BILLIONS OF TONS of plastic trash littering the #environment, with #PlasticPollution rapidly becoming a major health concern.

STOP BUYING PLASTIC ASAP

"PLEASE STOP framing climate change denial as a matter of ignorant yokels disbelieving science. It's a deeply coordinated propaganda campaign bankrolled by right-wing owners of capital, whose interests would be threatened by any legitimate effort to curb emissions. Treat it as such."

#ClimateCrisisDenial

Alaska's snow #crab season is canceled for second year in a row

An estimated 10 BILLION crabs disappeared in 2022 — a 90% plunge in the population. Panic now taking hold in Alaska's fisheries, which produce 60% of America's seafood🦀

#ClimateCrisis https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alaska-snow-crab-season-canceled-2024/

why are 100+ year old buildings classified as "Heritage" and illegal to tear down, yet it's legal to cut down 100+ year old trees EVERY DAY??

we can rebuild a building, but we cannot create a #tree🌲

#ClimateCrisis #environment #trees🌳 #nature

Direct air capture: An expensive, dangerous distraction from real climate solutions

"Separating carbon dioxide from air, while technically straightforward, is outrageously expensive"

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateEmergency https://thebulletin.org/2023/12/direct-air-capture-an-expensive-dangerous-distraction-from-real-climate-solutions/

did santa claus create a generation of climate criminals?

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateCriminals

nearly every climate denial argument falls into just one of FIVE categories

But they all share ONE goal--preventing action

So don't be distracted: debunk briefly, then pivot immediately to positive, constructive #ClimateAction for a better world.

#ClimateCrisis

Amazon’s #Climate Pledge Was a BIG FAT #LIE

Jeff Bezos LIED TO OUR FACES 4 years ago that Amazon would lead the way on #carbon reduction. Since then, its #emissions have risen by 40%—& its creative accounting suggests that the real figure is FAR HIGHER

#climateCrisis

https://jacobin.com/2023/11/black-friday-amazon-climate-footprint-worker-organizing

holy FCUK!! Australia just declared war on the entire planet

Queensland Coordinator General recommended Whitehaven's Winchester South #coal mine be APPROVED. This mine would be responsible for 583 million tons of #greenhouse gas pollution--more than ALL of Australia's #emissions in a single year!

#ClimateCrisis https://www.lockthegate.org.au/palaszczuk_government_pushes_ahead_with_new_mega_coal_mine_worth_more_than_half_a_billion_tonnes_of_greenhouse_gas_pollution

things haven't changed at all since 1767, have they?

#ecocide

Delisting species due to extinction is a ‘‘wake-up call on the importance of conserving imperiled species before it’s too late’’

21 Species Removed From The Endangered Species Act Due To Extinction | USFWS CenterForBiologicalDiversity

by @GrrlScientist

#SciComm #ESA #EndangeredSpecies #extinction #biodiversity #ClimateCrisis https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/10/17/twenty-one-species-removed-from-the-endangered-species-act-due-to-extinction/

goodbye people, goodbye cities, goodbye civilization

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

"If warming reaches or exceeds 2°C this century, mainly richer humans will be responsible for killing roughly 1 billion mainly poorer humans through anthropogenic global warming, which is comparable with involuntary or negligent manslaughter."

#ClimateCrisis #genocide https://doi.org/10.3390/en16166074

"Politicians will not come to the rescue of the planet"

-- GretaThunberg

#ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #Politicians

i don't want self-driving cars! i want boring things like ...

#publictransit

today is the official Earth Overshoot Day--the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. August 2nd makes it one of the earliest Overshoot days on record

#environment #EarthOvershootDay