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My new book”Racing to Extinction” analyzes humanity & its impending extinction through the lens of my 30+ years as an endangered species biologist with DOI.

Oregon, U.S.
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Lyle Lewis
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This book provides readers with a panorama of the convergence of humanity and our planet in both time and space.
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The only thing worse than a psychotic destroyer of the environment is a deluded psychotic destroyer.
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🌍 Anthropomorphism vs. Anthropocentrism. 🔹 Anthropomorphism: Giving human traits to animals/objects (e.g., Disney characters). 🔹 Anthropocentrism: Viewing humans as the central species, often prioritizing human needs over nature (e.g., policies focused only on human benefits).
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RT @GarethRowlands5: @Race2Extinct The largest producer of micro plastics are vehicle tyres, the second largest is paint. Stopping micro pl….
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Earth’s land carbon sink has nearly vanished for the second year in a row. Heat, logging, mining, “green” energy, grazing, construction. We’re not only heating the planet, but dismantling its ability to cool itself.
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Record heat in 2024 caused ecosystems on land to emit nearly as much carbon dioxide as they took out of the atmosphere
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RT @bardofely: @Race2Extinct Everybody is affected and no one knows how we, or other life on this planet, will survive in future in a world….
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Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman have reportedly been spotted leading Yellowstone’s bison in a strategic withdrawal. Motives unclear. Sources: A guy named Randy in a truck, TikTok, et al. 😊.Are animals leaving Yellowstone National Park in ‘mass exodus’?.
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Is Yellowstone’s wildlife in mass migration? NPS clarifies viral TikTok videos about bison, grizzlies, and more. Here’s what you need to know now.
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Without enforcement, what good is vision?.We already know what people do when ecosystems collapse: they keep taking. Until there are consequences, “dark fishing” will keep happening in broad daylight.
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A groundbreaking new study combining satellite imagery and AI technology brings ocean's illegal fishing out into the open for the first time
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No single method tells the full story, but together—dendrochronology, ice cores, sediment layers, oral histories—they give us a remarkably consistent picture of where we’ve been, and where we’re headed.
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@Race2Extinct Certain people say the tree rings from ancient cliff dwelling roof timbers show a severe drought 600-800 years ago which might have driven the Puebloans to move. Dendrochronology is fascinating but doesn't tell the whole story about climate.
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A, B, & D are the engines of collapse. Everyone else is just a passenger.
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I don't know who created this excellent diagram, but I would place myself as a "Deep Green Activist" (upper left). In other words, save everything else!. You?
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RT @captchristman: @Race2Extinct And which countries are dumping tons of plastics into the oceans on a yearly basis?. China - estimated 1.3….
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27 million tons of nanoplastics now haunt the North Atlantic. It rains plastic. We drink it, bleed it, and breathe it. The question is no longer how bad it is, but how long we can endure it.
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gizmodo.com
For years, scientists have struggled to solve the "plastic paradox"—the mystery of millions of tons of missing plastic.
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RT @readthearticle2: @Race2Extinct *The proposal to reregister dicamba comes less than a month after Kyle Kunkler, a former lobbyist for th….
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Trees are on the move—chasing cooler air, climbing mountains, fleeing the heat. But with 8.2 billion people, there’s nowhere left to run. Just clearcuts, chainsaws, and roads to nowhere.
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STUDIES OF ANCIENT PLANTS HAVE shown that they react to changing climates by moving. While a single plant of course cannot move itself over large distances, seeds are often highly mobile. They can be...
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You’ve been duped by the chemical industry. Bioaccumulate is a thing. 2 million is the starter pack.
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U are targeting the canoe rather than the Aircraft Carrier fleet. Chemical Pollution will kill thousands. Maybe tens of thousands. Big Oils Global warming will kill BILLIONS.
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The EPA just proposed re-approving dicamba—again. It’s meant for 5M acres of crops (New Jersey-sized), but the drift harms plants, insects, birds, & bats miles beyond. Spray 5M acres, poison tens of millions—and wonder why there’s an insect apocalypse.
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washingtonpost.com
The EPA announced Wednesday its plan to re-register dicamba, a herbicide widely used on soybean and cotton farms that has been banned twice by federal courts.
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PFAS raise diabetes risk by 31%. They’re in our water, blood, and food—and the EPA is stalling. Combine that with rising heat, microplastics, and novel pathogens, and we’re way past safe. We’re biological. We have thresholds. And we’re crossing them.
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dailymail.co.uk
Researchers from Mount Sinai looked at the link between PFAS - found in everything from non-stick cookware to food packaging to cosmetics - and the incidence of the condition.
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A tree’s life is written in the swirls of floorboards—fire scars, drought years, chemical defenses against insects. We study the trauma, the growth, the resilience. But we refuse to call it sentient or see a being. Just grain. Just timber. Just ours.
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This article was originally featured on The Conversation.
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They poisoned the planet, made billions, and now want a lifeboat. They built the iceberg—and now expect a rescue. Europe's chemical industry seeks a lifeboat to stay in business.
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reuters.com
Europe's petrochemical industry is unravelling under a wave of plant closures after years of losses and a rapid expansion of global capacity led by China.
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