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Any journalists want to write an article about all the environmental costs of the more than 10,000 Starlinks that are now in orbit? All I'm seeing are breathless articles mindlessly worshiping That Awful Billionaire for crossing the 10,000 satellite mark.

Every single one of those will come down in an uncontrolled reentry. That's a lot of metal in the atmosphere, and a lot of dice-rolling to see if any more pieces will make it to the ground.

SpaceX is truly awful.

happyborg

@happyborg@fosstodon.org replied · 2 days ago

@sundogplanets

The good thing about Starlink satellites is that they don't stay up there long.

The bad thing about Starlink satellites is that they don't stay up there long.

#Starlink #environment #ElonMusk

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Science | The Guardian

@theguardian_science@halo.nu · 2 days ago

Oldest-known whale song recording provides new insight into ocean sounds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/16/oldest-known-whale-song-recording-ocean-sounds #Whales #UsNews #Wildlife #MarineLife #Environment #Science

the Guardian

Oldest-known whale song recording provides new insight into ocean sounds

Recording of humpback whale from 1949 could also provide new understanding of how the huge animals communicate

Science | The Guardian

@theguardian_science@halo.nu · 2 days ago

the Guardian

Oldest-known whale song recording provides new insight into ocean sounds

Recording of humpback whale from 1949 could also provide new understanding of how the huge animals communicate

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Joe Wynne 🌻 🚗 ⛰️

@joewynne@mindly.social · 2 days ago

Did you ever think you could be important to the survival of a rare, threatened, or endangered species?

👀 Look for an endangered species of insect that lives near you and see if you can help it out.

I'm doing this by growing and eating blueberries. 😋

🐝 Really! There is a type of native bee here that ONLY pollinates blueberry bush flowers like the ones from my garden I photographed below.

🌼 Notice how the flower has a tiny opening at the bottom. Bees who can extract the pollen use specialized high frequency "buzz pollination".

🐝A local bee, the Southeastern Blueberry Bee (Habropoda laboriosa) does this. So, by having blueberry bushes, I help a population of rare pollinators.

💪 You can help populations near you, even if it's just by planting native plants.

📸 One day I hope to capture a photo this bee. It looks like @Da_Gut may have just seen one:
https://dice.camp/@Da_Gut/116233929671304022

#SolarpunkSunday #NativeBees #Bees #Pollinators #BiodiversityGardening #Conservation #Nature #Environment

Close-up of a budding blueberry branch with white and pink bell-shaped flowers and developing buds against a blurred green and blue background.

Joe Wynne 🌻 🚗 ⛰️

@joewynne@mindly.social · 2 days ago

Did you ever think you could be important to the survival of a rare, threatened, or endangered species?

👀 Look for an endangered species of insect that lives near you and see if you can help it out.

I'm doing this by growing and eating blueberries. 😋

🐝 Really! There is a type of native bee here that ONLY pollinates blueberry bush flowers like the ones from my garden I photographed below.

🌼 Notice how the flower has a tiny opening at the bottom. Bees who can extract the pollen use specialized high frequency "buzz pollination".

🐝A local bee, the Southeastern Blueberry Bee (Habropoda laboriosa) does this. So, by having blueberry bushes, I help a population of rare pollinators.

💪 You can help populations near you, even if it's just by planting native plants.

📸 One day I hope to capture a photo this bee. It looks like @Da_Gut may have just seen one:
https://dice.camp/@Da_Gut/116233929671304022

#SolarpunkSunday #NativeBees #Bees #Pollinators #BiodiversityGardening #Conservation #Nature #Environment

Stan Carey

@stancarey@mastodon.ie · 7 days ago

Why Starlink satellites are a serious problem (and one million of them would be ruinous): https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rampant-growth-of-satellite-mega-constellations-could-ruin-the-night-sky/

#Starlink #SpaceX #NightSky #space #astronomy #environment

Scientific American

Don’t let mega-constellation-building billionaires steal your night sky

Satellites are wonders of modern technology that have improved all of our lives. But having more than a million of them in orbit could destroy our view of the heavens and seriously damage our planet