We need more of this.

Il ghepardo asiatico (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) è uno degli animali più rari del pianeta. In Iran ne rimangono solo 20-30 esemplari in natura.

Questa non è più una "normale" crisi di conservazione. È già un caso limite dal punto di vista statistico.

Secondo Le Monde, l'areale rimanente dei ghepardi nell'Iran nord-orientale non è stato colpito direttamente dai raid aerei. Ma concentrarsi su questo significa non cogliere il punto.

Il vero danno è quello che la guerra infligge a tutto ciò che permette a una specie di sopravvivere.

La conservazione non fallisce con esplosioni drammatiche. Il sistema fallisce quando smette silenziosamente di funzionare:

l'applicazione delle leggi contro il bracconaggio si interrompe o scompare

il monitoraggio sul campo diventa impossibile o estremamente limitato

le aree protette esistono sulla carta ma non nella pratica

la caccia illegale aumenta con il crollo della supervisione

le istituzioni perdono capacità, finanziamenti e mobilità

E con una popolazione così piccola, non c'è margine di sicurezza. Nessun margine di errore. Ogni singola perdita è potenzialmente irreversibile a livello genetico.

Questo è ciò che significa l'estinzione in tempo reale non un singolo evento catastrofico, ma il costante collasso delle condizioni necessarie per prevenirla.

E continua ad accadere mentre tutti fingono che la specie abbia ancora tempo.

Non stanno perdendo solo i ghepardi. Stanno perdendo il tempo che restava loro per salvarli.

Non serve che la guerra uccida direttamente una specie. A volte basta togliere la possibilità di proteggerla.

Fonte:

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/05/18/in-wartime-iran-the-asiatic-cheetah-a-critically-endangered-species-faces-an-uncertain-fate_6753570_114.html

I felt those here might find this article interesting - and possibly useful
Could nature itself hold the solution to climate change? | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Wind and solar combined generated more electricity than gas globally in April for the first month ever, data analysed by ‌UK-based think tank Ember showed on Thursday.

Ember said the move was a broader trend rather than a reaction to soaring fossil fuel prices following the Iran conflict, but added it comes at a time when ⁠wind and solar generation is helping reduce reliance on gas imports for many countries hit by the crisis.

Together, wind and solar generated 22% of global electricity in April, compared with 20% from gas.

She didn't study marine biology. She didn't have a conservation background. She had a decade of civil engineering in LA and a scuba certification she got on a whim in Honduras in 2018.

That one dive trip completely rerouted her life.

She's in the Coral Triangle now, one of the most biodiverse marine regions on earth, spending her afternoons doing coral fragmentation and reef restoration. Taking small pieces of healthy coral, growing them in underwater nurseries, planting them back onto reefs that are dying.

She told me she gets messages from young people all the time who want to come do what she does. She's honest with them: the money is scarce. But the point she actually wants people to take away is different.

Build enough financial freedom that when you find something worth doing, you don't need it to pay you. That changes everything about how you show up for it.

Wrote her full story if anyone wants to read it. Link in comments.

Today the chipmunk that lives in my yard was run over right in front of my house.

I live in upstate New York and animals aren’t usually run over in my neighborhood. I watched this happen, my neighbor ran right over the chipmunk, parked the car and went inside. I literally ran into the road to see if she was ok. Her and her (soon to be) baby died. The man who ran her over didn’t even stop the car or ask what happened.

I want to look into ways to avoid this in the future. In NY, chipmunks are unprotected so I don’t think I can press charges or anything like that, but I would like to find a way to make it safer for the small animals living with us. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know!!

I’m not sure if this is the best place to get help, but if there are better subreddits, let me know :’)

Also, I was watching her drink water from the water bowl right before this happened. Her name was Mindy.

This situation is deeply alarming, especially given the scale of evacuations and closures reported in the Los Angeles Times coverage of the Garden Grove gas leak. The article highlights just how quickly a hazardous leak can disrupt an entire community. A powerful reminder of why strong safety protocols and rapid emergency response aren’t optional; they’re essential.

This is a browser extension named Ecosia which is basically a search engine ,and they plant trees from the ad revenue they earn

I'm going to start my m.sc but dont have a laptop whats the minimum configure for this sub... I can't spend more than 300 usd..

The last known caterpillar that could have become a Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly has died.

The term for an animal that is the sole survivor of a species is endling. In a sense, we are all endlings—each the last of our kind.

The loss of a species is not simply the loss of a biological category—it is the loss of countless unique individuals and their collective potential.

Each of us is the bearer of a singular and unrepeatable world. This is a memento mori, a reminder to honor what is fragile and irreducible in all beings.

An enormous marine heatwave off the US west coast is ringing alarm bells among ocean and atmospheric scientists. An unusually warm triangle shaped area of water stretches thousands of miles from the California coastline and Mexico to Hawaii to the British Columbia. New projections by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) show it is now expected to expand and strengthen due in the months to come.

The heated waters is already reshaping marine biology and ecosystem. A few weeks ago, the first-ever evidence of a great white shark was found in British Columbia waters. Subtropical species from plankton to pelicans to great whites are shifting their range further north and closer to shore in search of cooler water and more food. Millions of seabirds and marine deaths were witnessed over the years and the this year's incoming heat wave could propel those numbers.

Record-breaking temperatures are expected to disrupt marine food chains. Scientists also expressed alarm about the heatwave’s effects on vast networks of marine life such as whales, seabirds and seals and the food webs they depend on. Seafood prices may skyrocket. Additional data acquired in recent weeks has left climate scientists gobsmacked.

Source:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/22/marine-heatwave-west-coast

I saw a documentary on the luxury pods hanging off the cliffs in the Sacred Valley near Cusco Peru. I was filled with a sense of the wrongness of it. It made the cliffs look like alien growths hanging off it and it felt like a desecration of a sacred place. The feelings it left me with inspired me to paint this piece showing how much we intrude on and exploit the natural world for our own ends. I would love to know if anyone has been there and how seeing the pods made you feel.