FADING ICE, NORTH AND SOUTH / FADING HABITATS / VANISHING ROUTS / THE OVERSIZE HEAVYNESS OF OUR SPECIES / THE BLINDNESS / DREARY FOOTPRINTS / CUTTING TRACES, CUTTING LIVES / THE DISRUPTION OF THE CONTINUITY / DEGRADATION / OVEREXPLOITATION / TINY FRAGMENTS / TINY UNLINKED SPOTS LEFT / OUR WAY INTO THE WORLD

BIRDS' PORTRAITS / BLACK-BILLED GULL / MIXED-MEDIA ON HEAVY CARDBOARD 30X30CM 7.2024

STATE OF THE WORLD’S MIGRATORY SPECIES /// CMS CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS

"Billions of animals are regularly on the move every year. With their incredible journeys connecting different parts of the world, migratory species provide a unique lens through which we can understand the scale of the profound changes affecting our world. / Migratory species rely on a variety of specific habitats at different times in their lifecycles. They regularly travel, sometimes thousands of miles, to reach these places. They face enormous challenges and threats along the way, as well at their destinations where they breed or feed. / The report finds that the conservation status of migratory species overall is deteriorating. / The State of the World’s Migratory Species for the first time sets out compelling evidence of the peril facing these awe-inspiring animals. The report finds that migratory species are being hit hard, particularly by overexploitation and habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation. As a result of these pressures, one in five CMS-listed species are threatened with extinction and 44 per cent have a decreasing population trend. The situation is far worse in aquatic ecosystems, with 97 per cent of Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)-listed migratory fish at risk of extinction."

COPERNICUS CLIMATE CHANGE SERVICE / EUROPEAN STATE OF THE CLIMATE / SUMMARY 2023 / GLACIERS IN ALL EUROPEAN REGIONS SAW A NET LOSS OF ICE IN 2023. FROM 2022 TO 2023 GLACIERS IN THE ALPS LOST AROUND 10% OF THEIR VOLUME. SINCE 1976 850KM3 OF GLACIER ICE IN EUROPE HAS BEEN LOST. THE ARCTIC SECTION PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF KEY CLIMATE EVENTS IN HIGH NORTHERN LATITUDES. IN RECENT DECADES THE ARCTIC HAS BEEN WARMING AROUND THREE TIMES FASTER THAN THE PLANET AS A WHOLE. THE REGION ENCOMPASSING THE BARENTS SEA AND SVALBARD HAS BEEN ONE OF THE FASTEST-WARMING PLACES ON EARTH.

"LET US LISTEN INSTEAD TO THE NOISES OF THE NIGHT BIRDS ON THE WATER." —R.M. LOCKLEY, DREAM ISLAND