The world is a cacophony of life — a symphony of species, each with its unique note, its own rhythm. But lately, the orchestra has been faltering. The crescendo of biodiversity is giving way to a mournful dirge. The WWF’s Living Planet Report 2022 serves as our somber sheet music, revealing a dissonant truth: our wildlife populations have been silenced, their melodies fading into oblivion. Wildlife Populations Decline:
The WWF’s Living Planet Report 2022 reveals that wildlife populations have declined by an average of 69% over the past 50 years1. Latin America has experienced the greatest regional decline in average population abundance at 94%, while freshwater species globally have seen the greatest overall decline at 83%.
It would be so cool to see what we’d learn about whales if scientists could study them at their previous population.
I bet they had much more complex social relations when they were at their natural population density before we fucked the ocean up.