Today, the Australian government officially recognized the Bramble Cay melomys as extinct. This is the first mammal to go extinct as a result of human-induced climate change. While some people will likely see this rodent species as they see any other, as pests, and brush off it’s extinction, this is an incredibly sad, scary and hopefully eye opening moment. This is just the start, what’s next? It is time to seriously evaluate what we do to our planet and the stress Earth and all it’s species are under.

For more information:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/06/first-mammal-extinct-climate-change-bramble-cay-melomys/

https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/our-little-brown-rat-first-climate-change-caused-mammal-extinction-20190219-p50yry.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47300992

This video titled, “Dream” (feat. Natalie Bergman, Ryan Merchant, Keenan O’Meara & Tal Altman), was created for the 2016 Wildlife Conservation Film Festival. The video has more than 1.3 million views on YouTube alone and has struck a cord with many worldwide. This video has been circulating around the Internet for the last 2+ years and just recently popped up on my Twitter feed once again. I am sharing the link as the video shows how wildlife are affected by human presence/activities and is linked to many topics we’ve already discussed in class.

Here is the link to the WCFF website for more information – http://www.wcff.org/

A beautiful picture from the Eclipse on January 20, 2019.

Check out more pictures on The Weather Network – https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/super-blood-wolf-moon-photos-total-lunar-eclipse-supermoon-january-2019-twitter-facebook-instagram/123000