http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Anthropocene en Thu, 28 May 2026 09:35:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20434#post-342491 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 18:50:30 +0000 crowriver 342491@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Global food industry on course to drive rapid habitat loss – research</p> <p>World faces huge wildlife losses by 2050 unless what and how food is produced changes</p> <p>The global food system is on course to drive rapid and widespread ecological damage with almost 90% of land animals likely to lose some of their habitat by 2050, research has found.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/21/global-food-industry-to-drive-rapid-habitat-loss-research" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/21/global-food-industry-to-drive-rapid-habitat-loss-research</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20434#post-342251 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 14:47:01 +0000 crowriver 342251@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This week, the Scottish government published another policy paper on climate change targets, as part of its planned green recovery post-Covid; but it has repeatedly missed its own carbon reduction targets in recent years, and on its watch, a combination of climate change and destructive forms of land use has contributed to what Scottish Environment Link calls a growing “nature emergency”, with 11 per cent of Scotland’s species now threatened with extinction.</p> <p><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/scottish-independence-snps-divisions-may-be-sign-movement-rather-party-joyce-mcmillan-3072122" rel="nofollow">https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/scottish-independence-snps-divisions-may-be-sign-movement-rather-party-joyce-mcmillan-3072122</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20434#post-341594 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:20:29 +0000 crowriver 341594@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well, the evidence is in. This is almost certainly the Anthropocene. </p> <p>---</p> <p>Human-made materials now outweigh Earth's entire biomass – study</p> <p>Production of concrete, metal, plastic, bricks and asphalt greater than mass of living matter on planet, paper says</p> <p>"The amount of plastic alone is greater in mass than all land animals and marine creatures combined, the study estimates."</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/09/human-made-materials-now-outweigh-earths-entire-biomass-study" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/09/human-made-materials-now-outweigh-earths-entire-biomass-study</a> </p>