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Earth is exceeding its planetary bounds

Only three planetary boundaries are within a safe operating space — and even they are under extreme pressure

Salon

Flowering plants survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid – and may outlive us

If you looked up 66 million years ago you might have seen, for a split second, a bright light as a mountain-sized asteroid burned through the atmosphere and smashed into Earth. It was springtime and the literal end of an era, the Mesozoic.

The Conversation

In brief: One Blood; Extinctions; Hysterical – reviews

Black American women navigate the decades in a powerful family saga; a palaeontologist explores Earth’s mass extinctions; and a behavioural scientist explains the gendering of emotion

The Guardian - UK

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Disappearing languages, vanishing voices

It is time to evolve ideas to arrest the decline of languages and the world must at least try to find ways and means to preserve some of its endangered languages

The Hindu

One of US’ most iconic natural wonders ‘threatens extinction and toxic dust clouds’

A coalition of environmental groups is suing Utah's government for, in its view, failing to stop the Great Salt Lake from shrinking at an alarming pace

The Independent UK

Environmentalists condemn Australia’s ‘woeful record’ after 48 plants and animals added to threatened species list

Tanya Plibersek announces crayfish, frogs, insects and plants among wildlife now under threat amid renewed calls for reform

The Guardian - AU

The true damage of invasive alien species was just revealed in a landmark report. Here's how we must act

Invasive alien species are driving biodiversity loss and extinctions in every country, all over the world.

The Conversation

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Filling in biodiversity knowledge gaps

The extinction crisis is slamming the Amazon, but it's so poorly understood, we don't know what's being lost

Salon

Human ancestors were near extinction some 900,000 years ago, says study

A study published on Thursday claims that human ancestors teetered on the brink of extinction over 900,000 years ago. Based on a new method of analysis, scientists found that our ancestors survived in a group of less than 1,300 individuals.

France 24

The extinction threat to emperor penguins caused by climate change

Thousands of emperor penguin chicks are thought to have died across Antarctica last year as a result of a “catastrophic breeding failure”.

The Week

'Like a bomb has gone off': Ancient humans may have set megafires that turned Southern California into an uninhabitable 'wasteland' for 1,000 years

Ice-age humans may have set fires that led to the extinction of large mammals across what is now Southern California.

LiveScience

Microplastics discovered in the body tissues of whales, dolphins and seals – sparking concerns for human health too

Marine mammals – animals including whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, sea otters, dugongs and manatees – are threatened by an array of human activities. Species such as the North Atlantic right whale, Rice’s whale and Vaquita porpoise have been pushed to the brink of extinction.

The Conversation

Introducing Cycling Rebellion, Extinction Rebellion's two-wheeled cousin

The nascent group aims to push for more cycling infrastructure across the UK - starting in Bournemouth

Cycling Weekly

Geologists May Have Discovered a Huge, Ancient Asteroid Site That Triggered Mass Extinctions

The Deniliquin structure is 320 miles in diameter and may have triggered an event that killed 85 percent of Earth's species.

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Orangutans are being pushed to the brink

The "gardeners of the forest" are at extreme risk of extinction. Here's how we can help them

The Conversation

A changing climate, growing human populations and widespread fires contributed to the last major extinction event − can we prevent another?

Over the past decade, deadly wildfires have become increasingly common because of both human-caused climate change and disruptive land management practices. Southern California, where the three of us live and work, has been hit especially hard.

Salon

Fires drove ancient mass extinctions

This is a “cautionary tale” for the wildfires and ecosystem destruction we see today, researchers say

The Guardian - AU

Five species face immediate concern of extinction, scientific committee warns Labor

Further 41 species on course to be declared critically endangered, complicating Albanese government’s zero extinctions target

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Scientists Warn Overfishing Could Make Oysters The ‘dodos Of The Sea’

Researchers have compiled a list of more than 800 shellfish species that are harvested by humans.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s vastly complex, even dangerous’: in defence of the recorder, the Marmite of the woodwind world

The 600-year-old school staple has recently faced news of an impending classroom extinction. But a network of passionate enthusiasts are working to ensure its survival

LiveScience

The largest asteroid impact crater on Earth is lurking beneath Australia, new evidence suggests

Geophysical evidence suggests there is a massive, magnetized structure deep beneath Australia. Experts think it could be the remnants of the largest meteor crater on Earth.

The Guardian - AU

Seven West Media embedded with climate protesters before criticising ABC for doing the same

Western Australian media organisation reported on previous Woodside and Extinction Rebellion protests, but now says the ABC ‘got it very wrong’

Space

The largest known asteroid impact structure on Earth is buried in southeast Australia, new evidence suggests

In a new study, scientists reveal new evidence for the largest asteroid impact structure on Earth buried Australia in southern New South Wales.

The Independent UK

Extreme cooling ’caused extinction of early humans in Europe 1.1m years ago’

The findings challenge the idea of continuous early human occupation of Europe, the researchers said.

The Conversation

New evidence suggests the world's largest known asteroid impact structure is buried deep in southeast Australia

Acknowledgment: I’d like to thank my colleague Tony Yeates, who originated the view of the Deniliquin multi-ring structure as an impact structure – and who was instrumental to this work.

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