Your 'moment of doom' for Mar. 5, 2026 ~ RIP tropical insects.
"Since insects fulfill central functions in ecosystems as pollinators, decomposers, and predators, there is a threat of far-reaching consequences for entire ecosystems."
phys.org/news/2026-03...
2) Overshoot will not be temporary or even reversible. Some of the proposed plans to reverse temperatures are, upon inspection, extremely threadbare, serving as little more than mood music intended to maintain optimism. The reality is that large-scale carbon dioxide removal, does not exist. 5/11
Costa Rica has shown it *IS* possible to bring back nature on a mass scale, as @thinkorswim.bsky.social outlines in this great piece.
Meanwhile in Ireland all we get is, at best, incremental change and fudging.
Why is Irish nature always just an afterthought?
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
New fungal pathogens spreading in amphibian species world wide
The fungal microbiome of Earth turns hostile...
#Earth
A pair of snow and sun bleached bracket polypores are bone white and richly textured, vaguely reminiscent of the Sydney opera house. All photos by me
Here are some nice mushrooms
I have only just recently started digging into data centres and water, and the way companies are hiding vital information is beyond belief. It is so, so dodgy.
The entire project to widely popularise the idea these concerns are "fake" makes so much sense in this context
EU spokesperson says EU wants to prioritise destruction of the climate over helping Ukraine because Orban should always be the voice of Europe.
What is the EU even doing?
Here's a glistening witch's hat mushroom.
#photography #nature #macrophotography #mushroom #pnw #resist
Here are a couple different types of mushroom growing together.
#photography #nature #macrophotography #mushroom #pnw #resist
This is important. There are some folks investigating heating, energy etc, what about material resources, to lower demand? This is going under the radar.
War in the Middle East boosting demand for #renewables, as countries and businesses seek to diversify their sources of energy and shield themselves from external shocks.
www.dailymotion.com/video/xa17qk6
Sadly the Harmful Algal Bloom off South Australia may have had a little boost with the recent rain and heat. Satellite images from 5 March. The red areas indicate Chlorophyll A which is what the algae produce, and the second image is the real colour you can see from space
go.nasa.gov/3PjpGKc
Study shows how countries with high levels of nature degradation are facing higher borrowing costs. www.businessgreen.com/news/4526573...
Fish concentration camps are as bad as chicken concentration camps.
Horrendous conditions where animals are forced to live in their own shit.
No wonder extremely infectious diseases spread so easily when humans practice concentration camp farming.
A family of frilly turkey tail mushrooms are a vibrant coffee brown, banded with lighter honey colored tones. The last snow of March melts into their fuzzy tops, and a white layer lies below. All photos by me
Here are some nice mushrooms
Here's a trio of LBMs.
#photography #nature #macrophotography #mushroom #pnw #resist
Here's a mushroom photo with amazing natural lighting. Conditions were just perfect.
#photography #nature #macrophotography #mushroom #pnw #resist
I visited Carrifran Wildwood myself last summer, and the scale of what has been achieved there truly has to be seen to be believed.
At least 400,000 acres is now being rewilded in Scotland: an incredible 2.1% of the whole country, and rapidly increasing all the time.
Come ON, Ireland!!
I didn't know most orchids were epiphytic, so checked and it's absolutely true: around 70% of 18-20k orchid species around the world grow as epiphytes.
Amazing!
This is 100% correct.
However, people do need to 'interfere' to reverse *human* impacts, such as controlling alien invasive species, reintroducing artificially absent native species, etc.
Otherwise, yes: just let nature get on with it!
Globally, mycorrhizal fungal communities move roughly a billion tons of carbon per year into Earth's soils, above all in old-growth forests.
Wild, natural ecosystems are the bedrock of a healthy planet. It's time we started recognising and acting on that.
share.google/afcBcyPH7lVc...
An ancient aspen tree is growing moss at the stem.
Fallen trees are covered with moss on the forest floor.
Old-growth boreal forests have so much more life in them compared to monoculture plantations. Ancient trees decay for ages on the forest floor, providing habitat for plants and animals. Vitality everywhere you look.
Epiphytes are plants that grow on trees, and their abundance anywhere in the world indicates rainforest.
This epiphytic wood sorrel in my own place, an Irish Atlantic rainforest, is just coming into flower.
Lichen on fallen tree trunk
Day 1340 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and a nice and simple clump of lichen, enjoying a bit of warm morning sunshine 🤗 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
Spring is time for replacing rotten stakes in the fence between my own place and the mountain commonage.
Satisfying work, since it's vital to protecting an emerging Atlantic rainforest ecosystem from sheep.
And *what* a view!
