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moondust

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21. Not just losing crabs.

Fri Oct 14, 2022, 12:43 PM

Oct 2022

Global wildlife populations have sunk 69% since 1970 - WWF report

Thousands of salmon found dead as Canada drought dries out river

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Alaska snow crab season canceled - 1 billion crabs short/missing [View all] underpants Oct 2022 OP

Bad news for Captain Sig Grumpy Old Guy Oct 2022 #1

They went to Norway..... SergeStorms Oct 2022 #32

I have been a recreational fisherman on the Texas gulf Coast my whole life. Dustlawyer Oct 2022 #35

I disagree about the human species going extinct in that timeframe. cstanleytech Oct 2022 #38

The point is that it won't matter if a few rare tribes hidden from view survive. Ford_Prefect Oct 2022 #46

The slow and steady acidification of the oceans Javaman Oct 2022 #2

Damn underpants Oct 2022 #6

Exactly!! Iwasthere Oct 2022 #7

Are you doing anything to help them prepare ? Kaleva Oct 2022 #16

Yep cilla4progress Oct 2022 #9

I get the sense most here aren't that concerned about it. Kaleva Oct 2022 #12

Extremely concerned RockCreek Oct 2022 #22

I'm doing about as much as I can Kaleva Oct 2022 #27

I hope you are feeling better! bedazzled Oct 2022 #30

Oh they will Javaman Oct 2022 #36

I have noticed here DENVERPOPS Oct 2022 #40

How practical is that for most? cilla4progress Oct 2022 #39

No place is "safe" Javaman Oct 2022 #61

Wow berniesandersmittens Oct 2022 #3

It's a huge headline. Or deadline. dchill Oct 2022 #4

That's not good. honest.abe Oct 2022 #5

Without bountiful oceans, famine is going to be a plague Johnny2X2X Oct 2022 #8

The answer I keep coming to is cilla4progress Oct 2022 #10

That is my thought too. The only way. LiberalFighter Oct 2022 #11

Mother Nature is eliminating the source of the problem, Us. pwb Oct 2022 #13

And now DENVERPOPS Oct 2022 #41

It's nature's way of putting things into balance Kaleva Oct 2022 #14

If the Earth is lucky, that will happen misanthrope Oct 2022 #47

Earth doesn't care what humans do Kaleva Oct 2022 #52

Kurt Vonnegut right after Katrina underpants Oct 2022 #19

And far right ideology will thrive in a mass death environment Johnny2X2X Oct 2022 #20

The right doesn't REALLY want to stop immigration DENVERPOPS Oct 2022 #43

I fear you are correct, sadly misanthrope Oct 2022 #48

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2022 #15

My wife sent this to me. underpants Oct 2022 #18

We have been warned for the better part of a century DFW Oct 2022 #17

We've been warned since 1856 cagefreesoylentgreen Oct 2022 #42

Yep, the appeals to ignorance are bullshit misanthrope Oct 2022 #49

Thanks for that. I had never heard of her. DFW Oct 2022 #50

+1 leftstreet Oct 2022 #55

Not just losing crabs. moondust Oct 2022 #21

Ummm...and/or Omaha Steve's recent post about Backseat Driver Oct 2022 #44

I wonder if this will get the same media coverage as the Van Gogh soup controversy. jalan48 Oct 2022 #23

+1 nt berniesandersmittens Oct 2022 #25

That is frightening. Progressive dog Oct 2022 #24

Previous post: Alaska's Bering Sea king and snow crab seasons canceled over population collapse cbabe Oct 2022 #26

I didn't see that post v underpants Oct 2022 #29

Thanks backatcha. Follow up posts are good. More eyes/go 'viral'. cbabe Oct 2022 #31

Wonder if those crab fisherman who voted for GOPers are having buyers remorse? Crowman2009 Oct 2022 #28

I'm sad- James48 Oct 2022 #33

The pop top can makes it easier underpants Oct 2022 #34

We've wiped out 70% of 21,000 monitored populations of 4,400 species in 50 years. NullTuples Oct 2022 #37

It's not Capitalism of course gulliver Oct 2022 #53

"compete to maximize their share of the resource" at its core, that is Capitalism NullTuples Oct 2022 #56

They would do that under any circumstances, regardless of system gulliver Oct 2022 #57

That says more about you and your worldview than humanity. NullTuples Oct 2022 #58

Well, I'm not sure what you think it said, of course gulliver Oct 2022 #59

My point is that some people have cooperation as their core value, not competition. NullTuples Oct 2022 #60

"When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; Roisin Ni Fiachra Oct 2022 #45

most of the casinos haven't reopened their buffets pstokely Oct 2022 #51

The great seafood boil in the beaches during the summer of '21 was bound to have repercussions. Hugin Oct 2022 #54

I'll say it, it won't be popular here but flvegan Oct 2022 #62