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A team of scientists from the University of Bristol recently released research that pushed the date of our Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) back to about 4.2 billion years ago.

This suggests that the life that is in each of us, and in each of the organisms that make up our very large extended family, runs in an unbroken chain backward for 4.2 billion years.

That’s a pretty considerable investment by the universe in every living thing.

Perhaps we should reflect on that a little more as we continue to muck around on this planet.

It might be time to start fitting in.

http://www.aspenproposal.org

#sustainability #philosophy #ClimateChange #biodiversity #nature #politics #economics #religion #Science

Shifting the Paradigm | Aspen Proposal

The Aspen Proposal provides a description of a sustainable human civilization 200 - 500 years in the future. This is a goal that will focus our efforts, allow us to backcast and provide hope for those working for change.
Aspen Proposal
#politics #nature #science #Religion #philosophy #climatechange #sustainability #Economics #biodiversity

A perfect day for hiking and the woods offered up this bright bouquet of Honey Mushrooms.

Ringless Honey Mushrooms
[Armillaria tabescens]

#FungiFriday #Fungi #Nature #Mushrooms #Pilze #Mushtodon

#nature #fungi #mushrooms #mushtodon #FungiFriday #pilze

Please, no one tell this little guy that he's not hidden very well. Please don't spoil his dreams.

#photography #wildlife #nature #toad #garden

#nature #Photography #garden #wildlife #toad

I just realized I haven't shared sandstone #photos. Sandstone is fascinating and #beautiful and forms various crazy shapes. Endless possibilities for both large and small scale #photography. Photo is titled 'Among the Waves'.

#thursday #photo #landscape #landscapephotography #rock #pink #shape #nature #naturephotography #color #australia #photographie

#rock #photo #nature #Photography #landscapephotography #Australia #landscape #naturephotography #Photographie #color #pink #Beautiful #photos #thursday #shape

Twenty minutes of fireflies in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near the famous Elkmont campground. The yellow sparkles are Photinus carolinus, the synchronous fireflies that have become a tourism sensation, and the greenish trails are the more enigmatic "blue ghost" Phausis reticulata.

#Fireflies #Nature #Photography #Lampyridae

#nature #Photography #fireflies #lampyridae

Stop APRIL, Indonesia’s ruthless paper and pulp giant!
#nature #biodiversity #Ecosystem #ecosystems #forest #forests #rainforest #tree #trees #deforestation #Petition
https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1288/stop-april-indonesias-ruthless-paper-and-pulp-giant

Stop APRIL, Indonesia’s ruthless paper and pulp giant!

The paper giant APRIL/Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) and other companies owned by billionaire Sukanto Tanoto have been destroying the Indonesia's rainforests and the livelihoods of local communities for half a century.
www.rainforest-rescue.org
#nature #forest #Trees #tree #petition #biodiversity #deforestation #ecosystem #ecosystems #forests #rainforest

Malaysia plans to give orangutans to countries that buy palm oil | Malaysia | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/09/malaysia-plans-give-orangutans-gifts-countries-buy-palm-oil

Uhm, bizarre move

#Malaysia #PalmOil #Nature #Environment


Malaysia plans to give orangutans to countries that buy palm oil

‘Orangutan diplomacy’ strategy aims to ease concern over environmental impact of palm oil production, says minister
Rebecca Ratcliffe (The Guardian)
#nature #environment #Malaysia #palmoil

#Road building almost always precedes #forest loss, and road density is by far the strongest correlate of #deforestation out of 38 #biophysical and #socioeconomic factors.
Findings of the study imply that the most vital #conservation function of protected areas is limiting roads and road-related environmental disruption. They suggest that burgeoning, poorly studied ghost roads are among the gravest of all direct #threats to #tropical forests.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07303-5

#asia #nature #environment


Ghost roads and the destruction of Asia-Pacific tropical forests - Nature

An effort to map roads in the Asia-Pacific region finds that there are 3.0–6.6 times more roads than other sources suggest, and that unmapped ‘ghost roads’ are a major contributor to tropical forest loss.
Nature
#nature #environment #forest #conservation #asia #deforestation #tropical #road #biophysical #socioeconomic #threats

Powerful eruption occurring now at Ruang volcano in Indonesia's North Sulawesi Province. Hundreds evacuated so far.

Photos show the lava flow, huge ash cloud, and volcanic lightning.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hundreds-evacuated-after-indonesias-ruang-volcano-erupts-2024-04-17/ #volcano #science #nature

At least 800 people in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province have been evacuated after multiple eruptions of the area's Ruang volcano, which for days has spewed lava and ash clouds into the sky, the country's volcanology agency said on Wednesday.
At least 800 people in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province have been evacuated after multiple eruptions of the area's Ruang volcano, which for days has spewed lava and ash clouds into the sky, the country's volcanology agency said on Wednesday.
#nature #science #volcano

Fossil stingray (Cyclobatis sp.)
Upper Cretaceous. Approximately 100.5 million to 66 million years ago. When alive, this creature lived in warm, shallow seas and had a very short tail, which was fitted with a venomous stinger. Discovered in Haqil, Byblos, Lebanon. It just happens to look like an ancient space alien. #science #fossil #archeology #evolution #photo #nature #biology #wildlife
#photo #nature #science #Evolution #biology #wildlife #fossil #archeology

There is only one planet ever discovered so far, that can support human life.

And that's the one e live on.

#Nature #Earth #environment

#nature #environment #earth

The world's business and finance sectors can do much more to reverse deforestation—here's the data to prove it #nature #forest #deforestation #business #finance #politics https://phys.org/news/2024-03-world-business-sectors-reverse-deforestation.html

The world's business and finance sectors can do much more to reverse deforestation—here's the data to prove it

Big corporations could drive a worldwide shift towards more sustainable supply chains that limit damage caused by deforestation.
Mary Gagen (Phys.org)
#politics #nature #forest #business #deforestation #finance

Dairy farmers accused of ‘radical’ damage to landscape #AnimalRights #nature #environment #milk #dairy https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dairy-farmers-accused-of-radical-damage-to-landscape-v5bxd5zgp

Dairy farmers accused of ‘radical’ damage to landscape

Natural features are being levelled to improve grazing despite laws requiring government approval for such works
Jeremy Watson (The Times)
#nature #environment #animalrights #dairy #milk

Fox Gloves
By Jennifer Lommers ©

jenniferlommers.com

#art #nature #flowers

#art #nature #flowers

The path today - the sense of a boundary line between winter and spring.

#nature #landscape #YorkshireDales

#nature #landscape #yorkshiredales

Last of the snow.

#landscape #nature

#nature #landscape

Sussex River
By Gill Bustamante ©

#art #nature #river #landscape #trees #birds

#art #nature #birds #landscape #Trees #river

Im Park
By Eugen Kunkel ©

#art #nature #trees

#art #nature #Trees

Guard Old-Growth Forests from Logging
#Petition #nature #biodiversity #Ecosystem #ecosystems #forest #forests #rainforest #tree #trees #deforestation
https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/Vmt7It_mD0674rGG1gGlWQ2

Guard Old-Growth Forests from Logging

Mature and old-growth forests are a vital part of a healthy planet. They fight climate change, support healthy watersheds and withstand wildfire better than young forests. Sadly, most old-growth forests have been logged. Help save what’s left.
act.biologicaldiversity.org
#nature #forest #Trees #tree #petition #biodiversity #deforestation #ecosystem #ecosystems #forests #rainforest

#NewSpecies!
New freshwater crab from #indonesia just pinched us:

Lepidothelphusa menneri

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE879E-FFF9-FFBE-1FBF-FE0DFCFB7405
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5397.2.3
#Zootaxa

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #crabs

Lepidothelphusa menneri n. sp. (Crustacea: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae), first record of the genus from Kalimantan, Indonesia

The gecarcinucid freshwater crab genus, Lepidothelphusa Colosi, 1920, is known only from Sarawak in northern Borneo, with six recognised species i.e. Lepidothelphusa cognettii (Nobili, 1903); L. flavochela Grinang & Ng, 2015; L.
doi.org
#nature #science #ecology #animals #biology #wildlife #OpenAccess #fairdata #oa #arthropods #conservation #taxonomy #biodiversity #indonesia #crabs #newspecies #zootaxa #invertebrates #crustacea

Mountain Hare - from a stroll up the hills today. It was bitterly cold, but the hares were relaxed and allowed me to get close enough.

Taken with a Canon R5 and RF100-500mm lens.

Always lovely to see in the Highlands Of Scotland.

#MountainHare #wildlife #nature #winterwatch #snow #scotland #workshop #guiding

#nature #wildlife #snow #workshop #scotland #guiding #winterwatch #mountainhare

#SilentSunday #nature
#nature #SilentSunday

After #COVID led to the closure of many of Hawaii’s beaches, Hawaiian green sea turtles began coming ashore at Poipu on Kauai. #nature #science
#nature #science #covid

A beautiful maze of exposed roots along the Nāpali Coast Trail. #nature
#nature

Ovis’ Old Year's Day...

#SilentSunday #SheepOfMastodon #Photography #Nature

#nature #Photography #SheepOfMastodon #SilentSunday

Twig Burst.

#photography
#LichenSubscribe
#nature

#nature #Photography #LichenSubscribe

This is a painting of the Australian pobblebonk frog. I created the frog by dabbing a bazillion little dots onto the canvas. At this size it’s hard to see every single dot! I have gone dotty!
#myart #nature #frogs #art
@Miguela @Kenny Chaffin @Clarice Boomshakala Bouvier
#art #nature #myart #frogs @Kenny Chaffin @Miguela @Clarice Boomshakala Bouvier

Some sort of Illuminati sidequest portal
#nature #photography #snow
#nature #Photography #snow


Ecosystems as Infrastructure: A New Way of Looking at Climate Resilience

Landscape architect Kate Orff works on rebuilding natural systems to help communities and cities reduce their climate risks.
Yale E360
#nature #climateemergency #extinction #biodiversity #resilience #transition #rivers #floods #restore #depave #regenerativedesign #mobilitydesign #reframing #beautification #nativeforests

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