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1. Elephants🐘
2. Whales🐋
3. Hippos🦛
4. Chimpanzees🐒
5. Koalas🐨
6. Giraffes🦒
7. Rhinos🦏
8. Tigers🐅
9. Gorillas🦍
10. Lions🦁
11. Sharks🦈
12. Bats🦇
13. Butterflies🦋
14. Penguins🐧
15. Turtles🐢
16. Bees🐝

are all in danger of extinction within decades.💔
Everything's in danger in a mass extinction.

'even some species that aren’t considered endangered may be less safe than people think'm.phys.org/news/2019-05-s…

1 million of Earth’s plant, insect and animal species at risk of extinction, 'many within decades'reuters.com/article/us-un-…
See this thread of threads for more information.

Habitat destruction, industrial agriculture, pollution, and climate change are some of the key drivers of extinction.

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Ben See
@ClimateBen
Every week I read something about preventing catastrophe or avoiding calamity. This downplays the severity of our predicament.

Maybe we can prevent total catastrophe, avoid utter calamity. But just look at the ecosystem damage already done, and yet to hit.

Catastrophe is here.
I don't know, perhaps I'm wrong on this. Plenty of my favourite thinkers still frame things in this way.
It's already a total catastrophe for so many people and has been for decades.

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Ben See
@ClimateBen
That dystopian hellscape keeping you up at night? It’s more likely than you think.
Please read this thread. The first article has a link to James Hansen's scientific paper (from which the image above originates):

'James Hansen’s “Climate Change in a Nutshell: The Gathering Storm,” written in December 2018 and known as the Nutshell document, is, in our opinion, the single most important analysis currently available for general readers'
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monthlyreview.org/2019/02/01/mr-…
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Ben See
@ClimateBen
We're set for huge, rapid releases of permafrost carbon by the 2040s with catastrophic consequences for all life on Earth.

climate.nasa.gov/news/2785/unex…
'we’re underestimating the impact of permafrost thaw by 50%'

wired.com/story/abrupt-p…
Permafrost thaw is about to trigger a vicious cycle of warming that will be impossible to stop.

insideclimatenews.org/news/19022019/…
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Adrià López-Baucells
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Dear @nytimes @cnn @vice @newsroomnz @thescientistllc @businessinsider @bbcnews @LaVanguardia @diariARA @NatureNews @sciencemagazine I suggest to every one of you to carefully and honestly think and reply to a very simple question regarding #bats #conservation #virus & #ethics.
"A casual family wth 2 lovely children lives in the countryside, near a cave hosting thousands of bats. They never had an issue with them and don't know much about bats... but now they've read your most recent news and headings about #coronavirus. What would they immediately do?"
Let me give my personal view as a bat ecologist "They would probably seal the cave or massively kill as many bats as possible. Some could hopefully escape, but the colony wouldn't definitely be back." But don't misunderstand me. It is 100% logical, and I would have done the same.
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The Weather Channel India
@weatherindia
In addition, the presence of #whales also promotes the growth of phytoplankton, microscopic marine creatures that contribute at least 50% of oxygen to our atmosphere by capturing about 40% of all CO2 produced: equivalent to 4 Amazon forests’ worth.
It is these facts that make #whales one of Nature’s most efficient carbon sequestration ‘technologies’, says the @IMFNews study, which estimates the collective value of the world’s great whales as “easily over $1 trillion”.
@IMFNews The numbers of #whales have plummeted in recent decades due to relentless whaling. The study says that if whales were allowed to return to their pre-whaling population of 4-5 million from 1.3 million today, it could do wonders for the environment.

📸: Rakesh Nair, TOI BCCL
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Kent Lee Platte
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Who's ready for a real talk thread?

Let's go over the whole #Lions roster in 280 characters or less per player.
QB1 Matthew Stafford

He always looks good in camp. He looks slimmer, which may have been an intentional choice but might give me a little pause considering he's coming off a back injury and the OL still has a lot of question marks.

Barring another injury, I still expect top 15.
QB2 Tom Savage

He has looked better than any QB2 in years. There has been no battle for QB2 and unless Savage gets hurt, he'll be the only other quarterback on the roster. He has a really nice arm, and unlike his Texans tape he has been quite accurate throughout camp, mostly.
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Jeeva Bharathi
@sjeeva26
ஒரு யானையை பாதுகாப்பது என்பது 18 லட்சம் மரங்களை விதைத்தற்கு சமம்?
- நரேஷ் க்ரீன்.

“ஒரு நாளைக்கு நீங்க எவ்ளோ சாப்பிடுவீங்க சார்? மிஞ்சிப்போனா ஒரு 5 கிலோ? எவ்ளோ தண்ணி குடிப்பீங்க? ரொம்ப அதிகமா ஒரு 8 லிட்டர்? #elephants #யானை
நீங்க சாப்பிடுறதுனால, உங்களைத் தவிர வேற யாருக்காவது ஏதாவது நன்மை இருக்கா சார்..?”

யானைகள் அப்படி என்ன பெரிதாக செய்துவிடுகிறது என்று கேட்கும் அறிவாளிகளுக்கு இதைவிட எளிமையாக என்னால் பதிலளிக்க முடியவில்லை. யானைகள் மிக எதார்த்தமான குழந்தைகள்.
#elephants #யானை
யானை எனும் பேருயிரியின் மீதான என் காதல் அதிகரித்துக்கொண்டே செல்கிறது. யானைகள் குறித்த புத்தகம் ஒன்றும் தயாராகி வருகிறது. அந்த புத்தகத்தின் ஒரு சிறிய பகுதி இதோ

“ஒரே ஒரு யானை சாப்பிடுறதுல இருந்து ஒரு காடே உருவாகும் சார். #elephants #யானை
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Blue Planet Society
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Let's hit Japan hard and make them rethink their decision to leave the IWC and resume whaling. Join us in protesting the @RugbyWC_2019 and @Tokyo2020. 💥🐋 @iwc_int @rugbyworldcup @Olympics
@rugbyworldcupjp @japan @JapanGov @JPN_PMO @AbeShinzo
We urge Japan to cease whaling and rejoin the IWC. Until they do, we will be officially protesting the @rugbyworldcupjp which starts on 20th Sept 2019. @Tokyo2020 will follow. Expect disruptions. Pic: @ArchieTaplin #whales #Japanwhaling
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Melissa Cristina Márquez
@mcmsharksxx
Good morning Twitter! I move to Australia today! 1 like/retweet of this tweet = 1 thing you (maybe) didn't know about Australian #sharks.
Alright, let's get this party started: First, numbers aren't 100% accurate but anywhere from 170-190 species of #sharks call Australian waters home. That's a lot, seeing as how there are roughly 500-ish species.
According to the Australian Government's Department of Environment and Energy, of those 170-190 species, around 70 are thought to be endemic. Endemic means "native to a specific region or environment and not occurring naturally anywhere else."
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