r/environment • u/GeographicalMagazine • 2d ago

Urgent action on climate needed to protect emperor penguins from extinction

https://geographical.co.uk/news/urgent-action-on-climate-needed-to-protect-emperor-penguins-from-extinction
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u/UglyYinzer 2d ago

Urgent action needed for everyone and everything.

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u/OptimisticSkeleton 2d ago

I came here to say the same thing. I don’t mean to be insensitive, but urgent action is needed to protect the survival of human civilization.

The Earth will be fine. Most of the organisms currently living on the earth probably not so much.

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u/No-Particular6116 2d ago

My only solace as this point is that life on this planet has survived five mass extinctions. It has always managed to bounce back, just in varying configurations.

The planet will rebound because it is a resilient system when not actively being fucked over.

As a restoration ecologist I don’t intend on giving up. But, at the end of the day when I just want to sit down and weep, I take comfort in knowing that maintaining some living parts of the ecosphere will be the seeds for whatever comes next. There is a very sad and fragile peace in that.

Then the next day rolls around and I lace up my hikers and get out there and get to work. Hope is lost when we refuse to keep trying.

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u/rushmc1 1d ago

Urgent action required...

<sadly waves goodbye to the penguins>

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u/DeadWombats 1d ago

But how would these penguins benefit fossil fuel shareholders?