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Researchers have assessed abrupt thaw studies across the permafrost zone to estimate the overall effect. They found carbon emissions have the potential to double the climate feedback associated with permafrost thawing because abrupt thaw releases more methane. It will also have drastic effects on landscape, from altering traditional travel and hunting patterns in the North, to causing costly infrastructure damage to roads and rail lines.

Source: Rapid permafrost thaw unrecognized threat to landscape, global warming researcher warns — ScienceDaily

The world is in the throes of an extinction crisis unlike any throughout paleoclimate history, aka: the Sixth Mass Extinction, keeping in mind that the normal “background rate” for extinction is 1-to-5 species gone per year. But, what if it is five (5) every 24 hours? Answer: It’s a lot more than that.

Source: Bavarians Vote to Stop Extinction

BBC has done a mini-series on the “evolution” of robots, even speaking of invasive species. The silence on the “by design” part is conspicuous, especially as they use a biologist (male) and an engineer (female) as their key personalities:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRuBZLe8vfsThe blind

Source: BBC on the “evolution” of robots (missing the “by design” part) | Uncommon Descent

Atmospheric circulation changes about 6 million years ago dried the South American climate and fueled the expansion of grasslands and grass-eating mammals, according to new research.

Source: Climate, grasses and teeth: The evolution of South America mammals — ScienceDaily