The mission of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is to work with Minnesotans to conserve and manage the state's natural resources, to provide outdoor recreation opportunities, and to provide for commercial uses of natural resources in a way that creates a sustainable quality of life.
"Graupel, also called soft hail or snow pellets, is precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes, forming 2-5 mm balls of rime. The term graupel is the German language word for sleet. Graupel is distinct from hail and ice pellets"
"The Karner blue butterfly, for example, depends on ants. Ants are attracted to Karner blue butterfly larvae because they excrete a sugary liquid called honeydew. Without ants tending the larvae, the populations are likely to suffer from increased predation. We don't yet know what kinds of functions are lost when the Karner blue butterfly disappears, but certainly we would lose the beauty they bring to the world." - Wow - I was a volunteer in WI for a Karner Blue survey. So I get to see a lot of them in one day - or several. Very beautiful. www.dnr.state.mn.us/mcvmagazine/issues/2020/jul-aug/insects.html
i hear summer is 2 weeks of bad skiing up there *4% of mammals are wildlife -- 60% have been wiped out in 50 years* 1 million species of plants and animals at risk of extinction ( Nat Geo 2019 ) 97% of great freash water species gone since 1970 ( Guardian 2019 ) 96% of mammals are livestock and human ( Ecowatch 2018 ) 96% of tigers gone in 100 years ( IFL Science 2019 ) 90% of elephants gone in 100 years ( Hurriet 2019 ) 90% of lions gone in 100 years ( African Impact 2019 ) 90% of Leatherback sea turtles gone since 1980 ( Earth Watch undated ) 90% of Monarch Butterflies gone in 20 years ( Inhabitat 2014 ) 80% of Antarctic Krill gone in 30 years ( Research Gate 2005 ) 77% of Eastern lowland gorillas gone since 1996 ( Treehugger 2020 ) 60% of world’s wildlife has been wiped out since 1970 ( CBC 2018 ) 50% of Marine vertebrates gone since 1970 ( WWF 2015 ) 50% of Great Barrier Reef gone since 1985 ( Live Science 2012 ) 40% of Giraffes gone since 1990 ( NRDC 2019 ) 40% less insects in next 30 years ( PNAS 2019 ) 4% of mammals are wildlife ( Vegan News 2020 ) 700 Marine Species Might Go Extinct Because of Plastic ( Green Planet 2019 ) 500 vertebrate species of less than 1,000 individuals ( PNAS 2020 ) 500 species of animal have gone extinct since 1900 ( RD 2019 ) *Sources & Numbers* lokisrevengeblog.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/by-the-numbers/ *Green Energy Sources & Numbers* 2020 : 2% of global energy is solar and wind -- after 20 yrs trying www.iea.org/data-and-statistics 2020 : CO2 up 60% in 30 yrs : up 30% in 15 yrs lokisrevengeblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/c02-human.png 2030 : 50% of world will be short of water lokisrevengeblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/water-wri.png 2040 : 15% of global energy will be renewable lokisrevengeblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/2040-energy.png 2050 : 28% of global energy will be renewable lokisrevengeblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/2050.png 2050 : 600 ppm CO2 BAU lokisrevengeblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/rcp8.5.png?w=1024 *Weather* = flash floods + flash fires + flash droughts + flash mobs *Climate* = 30 years of weather + you don't got time to worry about climate *REAL CLIMATE JUSTICE = 100% PRIVATE GLOBAL CARBON UBI = 0% FOR GOVERNMENTS*
