BlueSky Isnt Dying - and Theres a Larger Ecosystem Growing . . . BlueSky has grown from roughly 10 million users in early November to 36 79 million today — and its last 30 days of traffic looks very level But instead of calling BlueSky's traffic "level", right-leaning libertarian Megan McArdle argues instead that BlueSky's "decline shows no sign of level
Global Ecosystems Risk Collapsing Decades Before We Predicted Human population growth, increased economic demands, and greenhouse gas concentrations put pressures on ecosystems and landscapes to supply food and maintain key services such as clean water The number of extreme climate events is also increasing and will only get worse
The “Deck of Life” Is Being Shuffled Too Fast – and Species . . . Climate change is accelerating species replacement, destabilizing ecosystems, especially in areas with less habitat diversity Conservation efforts are crucial to mitigate these effects Researchers warn that if this trend continues, entire species could disappear, leading to the collapse of ecosystems
Ecological Thresholds, Abiotic Stress, and Climate Change: A . . . In addition, the study emphasized the growing threat of compound and cascading effects to global ecosystems, leading to species loss and disturbance For example, coral reefs and coastal marshes, both highly stressed and dominated by a few foundation species, are vulnerable to collapse if temperatures or sea levels rise too far
Are Tropical Forests Approaching a Tipping Point? Restoration initiatives that align with landowner motivations — whether for income, wood products, or ecosystem services — are more likely to succeed Organizations like the Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative at YSE exemplify efforts to effectively empower local communities with the knowledge and tools to restore tropical forests
Why past mass extinctions didnt break ecosystems—But this . . . For millions of years, large herbivores like mastodons and giant deer shaped the Earth's ecosystems, which astonishingly stayed stable despite extinctions and upheavals A new study reveals that