Extinction Is Forever - Biodiversity Is Collapsing

Dr. Peter Carter, Paul Beckwith and Regina Valdez discuss biodiversity loss and the fact that we, as an animal, are dependent on other animals to survive and thrive and how, in many complex ways, we are upsetting the balance of the ecosystems on which we depend.

This video was recorded on July 26th, 2022, and published on July 31st, 2022.

Some of the topics discussed:

• The collapse of our biodiversity is bad news but we can choose to look at this in a slightly different way by realizing that the actions of support that we do to prevent the loss of biodiversity today could have more beneficial impacts than ever before.
• The fact that we are in the sixth mass extinction.
• The insect apocalypse and how it was discovered, its magnitude, and its many causes.
• The difficulty for plants and animals to adapt to the more extreme weather events and fluctuations caused by climate change.
• This loss of biodiversity is not just a loss of species, but also a great loss in the numbers of plants and animals of the species that are still around.
• With the loss of biodiversity and the loss of species and the migrations, we’re also getting lots of viruses that seem to be more resilient to human attempts to try and mitigate.
• and more. . .

Links:

• E.O. Wilson

• Insect apocalypse: German bug watchers sound alarm

• Insect decline in the Anthropocene: Death by a thousand cuts

• Rabbits introduced into Australia

• Bringing Back the Woolly Mammoth (YouTube)

Regular Panelists:

• Dr. Peter Carter - MD, Expert IPCC Reviewer and the director of the Climate Emergency Institute

• Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as at Carleton University

• Regina Valdez - Program Director, Climate Reality Project, NYC. GreenFaith Fellow and LEED Green Associate

Video Production:

• Charles Gregoire – Climate Reality Leader, Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum

• Heidi Brault - Climate Reality Leader, BA(Psychology), Library & Information Technician Diploma - Video production and website assistant - Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP26 Team Lead for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum.

Attributions:

Background Music:

• Title: Through the City II
• Author: Crowander
• Source: Free Music Archive
• License: BY-NC 4.0

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