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"Biodiversity loss due to land use change could be highly underestimated: Study"
#Animals #Biodiversity

Biodiversity loss due to land use change could be highly underestimated: Study
A survey of Colombian birdlife, which evolved over more than a decade into the world’s largest-ever ornithological study, has found that clearing forests to create new pastures is causing as much as 60% more damage to biodiversity than previously thought. Until now, research into the impact on biodiversity of land use change has generally involved […]

Biodiversity loss due to land use change could be highly underestimated: Study https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/biodiversity-loss-due-to-land-use-change-could-be-highly-underestimated-study/

Biodiversity loss due to land use change could be highly underestimated: Study
A survey of Colombian birdlife, which evolved over more than a decade into the world’s largest-ever ornithological study, has found that clearing forests to create new pastures is causing as much as 60% more damage to biodiversity than previously thought. Until now, research into the impact on biodiversity of land use change has generally involved […]

Publicly traded Bitcoin miner Bitfarms says it will wind down its BTC operations and pivot to AI infrastructure after posting a net loss of $46M in Q3 (Logan Hitchcock/Decrypt)
https://decrypt.co/348573/bitfarms-wind-down-bitcoin-mining-pivot-ai-aft…

Bitfarms Will 'Wind Down' Bitcoin Mining and Pivot to AI After $46 Million Loss
Bitcoin miner Bitfarms will end its Bitcoin operations in the coming years, shifting focus to providing infrastructure for growing AI demand.

"Study warns of major funding gap for 30×30 biodiversity goal"
#Environment #Nature #Biodiversity

Study warns of major funding gap for 30x30 biodiversity goal
A new report warns that international funding for the global 30x30 biodiversity goal is rising but still billions short. Despite a 150% increase since 2014, support for protected areas in developing nations remains far below the $6B annually needed by 2030, leaving major regional gaps and heavy reliance on a few donors.

“In fact, while the trauma and terror that Bovino’s unit instills is certainly real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how _ineffective_ the force has turned out to be. Time and again, these agents — and the broader DHS and White House policies behind it — are being exposed not for their strength, but their weakness. Ordinary Americas are stronger — braver _and_ better.”

Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.

#idw Keeping pace with #ClimateChange: Genetic exchange enables rapid adaptation in songbirds
Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels
Exchange of genetic diversity between species accelerates evolutionary adaptation Climate change is rapidly altering our environment – and posing m…

Keeping pace with climate change: Genetic exchange enables rapid adaptation in songbirds

Oh it seems I'm lacking a bit behind with all the #photos from the #schwarzwald . Well, I don't want to flood you with all the forest. 😄
These photos are from another hike to another hike though the Black Forest and to one of those very cool black lakes. This time I brought my pol…

DTO-BioFlow is using AI to analyze decades of marine biodiversity records, revealing insights that support ocean monitoring, conservation, and restoration. 💙
https://dto-bioflow.eu/news/using-deep-learning-unlock-decades-mari…

"More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis"
#Birds #Animals

"First assessment of UNESCO sites finds widespread climate impacts"
#UNESCO #Climate #ClimateChange

First assessment of UNESCO sites finds widespread climate impacts
Nearly all of UNESCO’s more than 2,200 World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and Geoparks have already endured climate extremes over the past two decades. That’s according to initial data from the first ever global biodiversity and climate assessment unveiled at the UNESCO World Congress of Biosphere Reserves, held in Hangzhou, China, from Sept. 22-26. The […]