Miraculous nature is being murdered. Everywhere we look inequitable over-consumption is devastating the natural ecosystems that sustain a living Earth. Together we yield to ecological truth – personally embracing a global ecology ethic, and demanding others do so as well – or we all needlessly die at each others’ throats as the global ecological system…… Continue reading Global Biosphere Collapse, the End of Being, Upon Us
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Bill McKibben’s Ecology-Free Declaration of War on Climate is Dangerous and Wrong
Why does Bill McKibben’s recent sensationalistic appeal for a “War on Climate” make no mention, not even one, of ecology or ecosystems? While understanding Mr. McKibben is trying to call for a rapid societal response at a massive scale to an urgent existential threat, perhaps a better analogy would be demobilizing to make climate peace…… Continue reading Bill McKibben’s Ecology-Free Declaration of War on Climate is Dangerous and Wrong
New Science Suggests More Land-Based Ecosystems Lost than Biosphere Can Bear
An important scientific journal article published today finds that 66% of Earth’s land area must be maintained as natural and agro-ecological ecosystems to sustain a livable environment. Yet about 50% have already been lost, threatening global biosphere collapse. In describing the paper, author Dr. Glen Barry suggests the Ebola epidemic, California drought, and Middle East…… Continue reading New Science Suggests More Land-Based Ecosystems Lost than Biosphere Can Bear
ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE: Terrestrial Ecosystem Loss and Biosphere Collapse
Excerpt of manuscript accepted for publication mid-2014 by Management of Environmental Quality Abstract Planetary boundary science defines key thresholds in the Earth System’s biogeochemical conditions that precede ecosystem collapse and threaten human well-being. Terrestrial ecosystems enter into the nine originally defined planetary boundaries only indirectly, through boundaries such as biodiversity and land use. This study…… Continue reading ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE: Terrestrial Ecosystem Loss and Biosphere Collapse