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Rachel Carson, author of "Silent Spring" published in 1962. The book documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of DDT, a pesticide used by soldiers during World War II. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation, and public officials of accepting the industry's marketing claims unquestioningly.

The book was met with fierce opposition by chemical companies, but it swayed public opinion and led to a reversal in US pesticide policy, a nationwide ban on DDT for agricultural uses, and an environmental movement that led to the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency.

#Nature #Science #Environment #EPA #Industry #Disinformation #Books #Author

@amydiehl

I thought Chris Hayes summarized it well...

'A huge part of this has been these pathological expressions of gender frustration by men who seem to think that the real way to “be a man” is to insult people and endlessly whine about DEI and the unfairness of the world to rich dudes.'

'We are under the thumb of desperately thin-skinned men who are convinced, as New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie put it, “that ‘masculine’ energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.'

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-maga-weird-masculinity-rcna188188

#Meta #Facebook #DeleteFacebook #ToxicMasculinity #Zuckerberg #ElonMusk #Trump

"If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit."

— Banksy

@dangillmor @pluralistic

"The climate emergency has been steadily worsening for decades. LA is just the latest place to be on fire, or under water, or under ice, or baking in wet bulb temperatures. Last week in southern California, we were warned to expect gusts of 120mph."

"They were warned. #ExxonKnew: in the early 1970s, Exxon's own scientists warned them that fossil fuel consumption would kick off climate change so drastic that it would endanger human civilzation. Exxon responded by burying the reports and investing in climate denial."

https://exxonknew.org/

#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary

"Incorporating wood sawdust and chips into field soils stimulates fungal growth. In particular, incorporation of hardwood material resulted in rapid and long-term stimulation of fungal filamentous growth. The fungi that develop are not the wood rot basidiomycetes found in forests but ascomycetes (sac fungi) that have easy access to the cellulose polymers in shredded wood."

"Stimulating fungi through wood addition fits well with more sustainable agriculture. It suppresses plant pathogenic fungi and the excess nitrogen, which might otherwise wash out, is captured by the fungi. It also increases the overall diversity of soil life by providing fungal-eating soil creatures with a food source."

https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/news/the-hidden-world-of-wood-decaying-fungi

#Fungi #Microbes #Soil #Environment #Nature #Science #Biodiversity #FungiFriday

"Almost 1,000 oyamel firs ( Abies religiosa ) have been transplanted to a mountain in Michoacán, where they are growing at elevations beyond what was considered the species’ upper limit. If the trees survive over the next few decades, they could help to shield the migratory eastern population of monarch butterflies ( Danaus plexippus ), which spend the winter roosting in oyamel fir forests, from the impacts of climate change. This population of monarchs, which migrates up to 4,500 kilometres from the United States and Canada to Mexico, has declined dramatically since the 1990s, owing to climate change and habitat destruction."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03377-3

#Nature #Science #MonarchButterfly #México #Migration #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #Ecology

"Each year, hundreds of millions of monarch butterflies over several generations find their way to the high mountains of central Mexico. There, they overwinter by clinging to the branches of the sacred fir tree Abies religiosa in massive blankets of fluttering orange and black."

"This migration miracle is threatened as global warming in the coming decades pushes temperatures too high for the forests of this revered tree to survive, even at the summits of the mountains where they now grow. But a recent experiment suggests this rare habitat might survive, if humans help the trees make a journey of their own."

https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/10/a-bold-new-experiment-suggests-humans-could-help-butterflies-outrun-global-warming/

#Anthropocene #Nature #Science #MonarchButterfly #México #Migration #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #Ecology

"The judge was scathing about the police's decision to impose unlawful restrictions on Greta Thunberg and other climate protesters. Put simply, he didn't see any need to interfere with the legitimate right of demonstrators to assemble to the extent they did."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68180317

#GretaThunberg #FridaysForFuture #Science #Climate #ClimateChange #FoodForThought