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‘The sixth great extinction is happening’, conservation expert warns. ‘Window of time to save climate is closing’

 Dr Goodall says taking action to slow down the warming of our planet is
more urgent than ever. “We still have a window of time to start slowing
down climate change and loss of biodiversity,” Dr Goodall says. “But
it’s a window that’s closing.” Destruction of forests, and other wild
places, she points out, is intrinsically linked to the climate crisis.
“So much has changed in my lifetime,” she says, recalling that in the
forests of Tanzania where she began studying chimps more than 60 years ago,
“you used to be able to set your calendar by the timing of the two rainy
seasons”. “Now, sometimes it rains in the dry season, and sometimes
it’s dry in the wet season. It means the trees are fruiting at the wrong
time, which upsets the chimpanzees, and also the insects and the birds.”

 BBC 17th Nov 2024, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93qvqx5y01o

November 19, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, environment