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Environmental and ecological discussion, particularly of things like weather and other natural phenomena (especially if they're not breaking news).

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For wildlife, the next pandemic is already here (climateandcapitalism.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Five@slrpnk.net to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 7 points 5 months ago

Also, the last pandemic never left

[–] ninjaphysics@beehaw.org 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's peculiar that when we have mega farms and industrial agriculture, the practices we use to maximize output and profit always lead to the demise of all the surrounding affected land and species. It's almost as if capitalistic principles are non sustainable and harming the planet...

[–] millie@beehaw.org 8 points 5 months ago

Amazing that a system that grows like a cancer turns out to be unhealthy for everyone involved.