Nature holds the key to aesthetic, cognitive, even spiritual satisfaction. E. Wilson
Scientific Studies
The Latest Climate and Biodiversity Research:
An Analysis of the Potential for the Formation of ‘Nodes of Persisting Complexity’ published in the journal Sustainability, explains how a combination of ecological destruction, limited resources, and population growth could trigger a reduction in the overall complexity of civilization, with climate change serving as a “risk multiplier”, exacerbating existing trends.
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/15/8161
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century. March, 2025
How scientists can drive climate action: celebrate nature and promote hope. February, 2025
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00567-5
Has Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed? Feb. 3, 2025
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00139157.2025.2434494#abstract
The Strength of the Yellowstone Trophic Cascade After Wolf Reintroduction.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989425000290?via%3Dihub
Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Fall 2024. Feb. 13, 2025.
IPCC Report AR6 Synthesis Report: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/
CLIMATE CHANGE:
The 2024 State of the Climate Report: Perilous Times on Planet Earth, December 2024.
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/74/12/812/7808595?login=false
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2966
IPCC Report AR6 Synthesis Report:
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/
Defining the Anthropocene:
https://www.nature.com/articles/536251a
BIODIVERSITY / EARTH SYSTEMS:
Earth at Risk: An Urgent Call to End the Age of Destruction and Forge a Just and Sustainable Future:
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/3/4/pgae106/7638480
Earth Beyond Six of the Nine Planetary Boundaries: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh2458
The Strength of the Yellowstone Trophic Cascade After Wolf Reintroduction
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989425000290?via%3Dihub
A “Global Safety Net” to reverse biodiversity loss and stabilize Earth’s climate.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abb2824
An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm.
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/67/6/534/3102935?login=false
CONSERVATION:
How not to harm Butterflies with Pesticides.
A New Dinosaur Museum Rises From a Hole in the Ground in New Jersey: The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future. March 31st, 2025.
Editorial: The decline of wild bees: Causes and consequences. October, 2022
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.1027169/full
Guide to Bees: https://theenviropreneur.com/16-types-of-bees-a-detailed-and-visual-guide/
Ten Facts About the Blue Whale:
https://theenviropreneur.com/10-facts-about-blue-whale/
Review of Ecological Effects of Roads on Terrestrial and Aquatic Communities.
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99084.x
Sustainable Society and Collapse Research
Pollution and Health
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe. May, 2024
https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story