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Planet’s darkening oceans pose threat to marine life, scientists say (www.theguardian.com)
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Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last year, ‘frightening’ data shows (www.theguardian.com)
 

From the Brazilian Amazon to the Siberian taiga, Earth’s forests disappeared at a record rate last year, losing an area the size of Italy to agriculture, fires, logging and mining, according to analysis from the University of Maryland hosted on Global Forest Watch.

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West Nile virus detected in UK mosquitoes for first time (www.bbc.com)
 

The virus is found in many parts of the world, including Africa, South America and mainland Europe.

Climate change and other factors have been pushing mosquitoes - and the diseases they carry - further north in recent years.

On a pristine Australian island, the seabirds have become so full of plastic they crackle and crunch. in c/world@quokk.au
[–] GreeNRG@slrpnk.net 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Eww that noise is haunting.

Since Dr Lavers’s first visit in 2008, she has witnessed an increase from about three quarters of birds carrying about five to 10 pieces of plastic, to every single bird having 50 or more pieces.

Until last month, the most they had ever found was 403 pieces in 2024.

“I’m sad to say just yesterday we blew [the record] out of the water, and our new record holder is 778 pieces of plastic in an 80-day-old seabird chick, in one of the most pristine corners of our planet.”

Can anyone smart figure out how fast that is increasing?

Mexico’s Sheinbaum counters Trump deportations with tens of thousands of jobs for returned citizens in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] GreeNRG@slrpnk.net 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That graph shows unemployment at its lowest level in 10 years.

How about instead of being rude and condescending, you try to explain to us how unemployment is so bad yet apparently at its lowest level in a long time.

After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad in c/enshitification@slrpnk.net
[–] GreeNRG@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

I am so glad I left Windows.

it helps in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] GreeNRG@slrpnk.net 0 points 5 months ago

Not op but I was smoking weed. I did the math and was spending around $15-20k a year, so I’m 1 day sober now.

Americans elect a climate change denier (again) in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] GreeNRG@slrpnk.net -1 points 7 months ago

Won’t anybody rid us of this meddlesome president?