Can we stop the decline of monarch butterflies and other pollinators?

Re:Can we stop the decline of monarch butterflies and other ... by ponector on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @06:28AM (#41169467)

Eco systems are feeling worse, true. But we are not really depend on most of them.

We'll be fine without corals, polar bears and with half rainforests.

Harsh weather events are coming, but we will be fine.

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Re:Can we stop the decline of monarch butterflies and other ... by aziaziazi on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @07:23AM (#41169741)

I’m sure you’ll be even finer than the today’s ghanaian living in the world dump.

Forestwise:

> Since the end of the last ice age — 10,000 years ago — the world has lost one-third of its forests [0]

> Half of the global forest loss occurred between 8,000 BCE and 1900; the other half was lost in the last century alone. [0]

Good news: rich countries forest are in growing again in a U curve. Bad news: those countries also imports more wood than ever.

Coral polypes are habitats for many other species that some humans depends.

0 https://ourworldindata.org/deforestation

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Re:Can we stop the decline of monarch butterflies and other ... by stinos on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @07:29AM (#41169770)

We'd also be 'fine' as in 'surviving' without music and other arts and any other creative/emotionally uplifting/mentally challenging thing. Which happens to be something actively sought-after by humanity.

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Re:Can we stop the decline of monarch butterflies and other ... by taylodl on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @09:55AM (#41170905)

We will be fine, for some definition of fine. I just don't think that definition aligns with what most people think of as being "fine."

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