> **”We have emptied the oceans of 40 percent of their biomass,”** said Yann Laurans of WWF France.
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Jfc.
Praxistor on
It’s always 1970 we measure stuff from. I feel attacked
Interesting-Olive842 on
It’s gonna be great when humans are gone and nature has a few hundred million years to get back on track.
Debs_4_Pres on
If another advanced civilization ever finds itself on Earth, reviewing our geologic record, they are going to be *so* confused about the mass extinction that seemingly happened in the blink of an eye without any discernable cause
alex-cu on
Human population almost tripled during the same time frame.
MikeAppleTree on
That feels about right.
EmergencyBike3152 on
Eh this is probably somewhat balanced out by increasing populations of livestock and pets
sorospaidmetosaythis on
Time to hop on a plane to New Zealand for my vacation.
Too bad the corporations did all this!
CanvasFanatic on
I don’t want to be THAT GUY, but:
> Several scientific studies published by the journal Nature have accused WWF of methodological biases in its index that lead to an exaggerated extent of the decline of animals.
Like I’m not saying we haven’t overfished the oceans. We have. However I’m skeptical about how Daudi got that “40% of the ocean’s biomass” figure.
BabiesBanned on
I will always hate them ever since they made WWF change their name. Fuck the FUND lol
Delicious-Tachyons on
“Brother, we’re gonna suplex those owls.”
BigT-2024 on
You think feeding 8 billion people every day doesn’t displace and kill wildlife?
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> **”We have emptied the oceans of 40 percent of their biomass,”** said Yann Laurans of WWF France.
***
Jfc.
It’s always 1970 we measure stuff from. I feel attacked
It’s gonna be great when humans are gone and nature has a few hundred million years to get back on track.
If another advanced civilization ever finds itself on Earth, reviewing our geologic record, they are going to be *so* confused about the mass extinction that seemingly happened in the blink of an eye without any discernable cause
Human population almost tripled during the same time frame.
That feels about right.
Eh this is probably somewhat balanced out by increasing populations of livestock and pets
Time to hop on a plane to New Zealand for my vacation.
Too bad the corporations did all this!
I don’t want to be THAT GUY, but:
> Several scientific studies published by the journal Nature have accused WWF of methodological biases in its index that lead to an exaggerated extent of the decline of animals.
Like I’m not saying we haven’t overfished the oceans. We have. However I’m skeptical about how Daudi got that “40% of the ocean’s biomass” figure.
I will always hate them ever since they made WWF change their name. Fuck the FUND lol
“Brother, we’re gonna suplex those owls.”
You think feeding 8 billion people every day doesn’t displace and kill wildlife?
Can’t have it both ways.