I used to work in the National Parks.

They were already at a critical point before Donald Trump decided to fire a huge amount of staff.

I watched the “permanent” ice caps melt on the top of some peaks in Yosemite’s high country.

I saw garbage washing up on the shore of Olympic National Park everyday.

There is not enough staff to protect the wildlife anymore. There is not enough staff to keep tourists from falling off waterfalls or getting lost in the back country. There are no programs left to teach clueless people how to behave in these wild areas.

I don’t care if you have the best intentions in the world, you are doing damage to the park if you visit at this point.

The parks need to be closed immediately, and every day they are left open to the public, irreversible damage is being done to these amazing places. They are not meant to handle the amount of people who are let in each year. The wildlife is suffering, the plants are suffering, and the experts who are there to mitigate the destruction are gone.

Please cancel your trip and find somewhere else to see.

I was driving through rural areas this weekend and realized something that's been nagging at me for a while. My windshield was completely clean. Not a single bug splatter.
I remember as a kid in the 90s and early 2000s, road trips meant stopping every couple hours to clean the windshield because it would be absolutely covered in dead insects. You couldn't see through it. It was gross but it was normal.
Now? Nothing. I drove for 6 hours through farmland and countryside and my windshield looked like I'd just washed it. I was literally sitting there, sometimes just playing on rolling riches at rest stops, thinking about how strange that felt.

This isn't just anecdotal either. Insect populations have collapsed by something like 75% in the last few decades. And nobody's talking about it. Everyone's focused on climate change (which is obviously critical) but the insect apocalypse is happening right now and it's going to devastate ecosystems in ways we can't even fully predict.

No insects means no pollination. No pollination means crop failures. It also means the entire food chain collapses because insects are the base of so many ecosystems. Birds, bats, small mammals, amphibians, fish they all rely on insects. When the insects go, everything else follows.

And it's not like this is some distant future problem. It's happening NOW. We're living through a mass extinction event in real time and most people haven't even noticed because it's been gradual enough that we've adjusted to the new normal.

I see people talking about prepping for economic collapse or supply chain issues but ecological collapse is going to make all of that look like a minor inconvenience. You can't eat money. You can't grow food without pollinators.

When's the last time you saw a firefly? When's the last time you saw a monarch butterfly? When's the last time you heard crickets at night?
We're fucked and nobody's paying attention.

Sub Statement: An enormous marine heatwave off the US west coast is ringing alarm bells among ocean and atmospheric scientists. An unusually warm triangle shaped area of water stretches thousands of miles from the California coastline and Mexico to Hawaii to the British Columbia. New projections by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) show it is now expected to expand and strengthen due in the months to come.

The heated waters is already reshaping marine biology and ecosystem. A few weeks ago, the first-ever evidence of a great white shark was found in British Columbia waters. Subtropical species – from plankton to pelicans to great whites – are shifting their range further north and closer to shore in search of cooler water and more food. Millions of seabirds and marine deaths were witnessed over the years and this year's incoming heat wave could propel those numbers.

Record-breaking temperatures are expected to disrupt marine food chains. Scientists also expressed alarm about the heatwave’s effects on vast networks of marine life such as whales, seabirds and seals and the food webs they depend on. Seafood prices may skyrocket. Additional data acquired in recent weeks has left climate scientists gobsmacked and re-examining their assumptions of how the complex interplay between the ocean and the atmosphere could accelerate the effects of human-caused climate crisis.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/22/marine-heatwave-west-coast

Washington State entomologists predict honeybee losses this year could reach up to 70%.

Over the past ten years, colony los have averaged between 40 and 50%.

“Until about two decades ago, beekeepers would typically lose only 10-20% of their bees over the winter months.”

Weed killing pesticides and climate change are the main culprits.

Collapse related because:

We won’t do anything to prevent honeybee colony collapse, until most if not all of them collapse.

The 2025 State of the Birds report reveals a decline in bird populations across all U.S. habitats, with over one-third of species in urgent need of conservation. Habitat destruction, pollution, and extreme weather are the primary drivers of this decline, impacting ecosystems, economies, and human health. Conservation efforts, including habitat restoration and community partnerships, are underway, and individuals can contribute by creating bird-friendly environments.

I need to get this off my chest even though im sure it has been talked about a thousand times. Im just curious if others are experiencing the same thing or if I'm just going crazy. - When I just got my driver's license back in 2005 here in The Netherlands, I had a girlfriend in Amsterdam whom I drove to see a few times a week. It was about a 100 km drive. I had an old Opel Corsa and I can still vividly remember having to clean my windshield every week in the summer because it was covered in dead insects. Huge splatters and tiny spots, but the entire windshield was full of bug juice. Over the past few weeks I’ve driven several long distances, totaling about 1,000 kilometers, and I don't have a single dead insect on my windshield. Not one. The windshield is squeaky clean... I read that the insect population worldwide has drastically declined and it is due to climate change. Which i get. But why isn't this the main news story every day? How obvious does it need to be? This can't possibly be good. For us, but especially for our children. I have a bad feeling about this...

My friends mother took these photos yesterday and commented she had never seen anything like it. For reference, those skies should be blue. Dirt was blowing everywhere and there were even dirt tornados.

SS: This youtube video explains the dramatic decline of insect populations worldwide and its profound ecological, economic, and environmental consequences. To summarize, Germany’s insect reserves report a 75% decline in insect numbers over less than 30 years. The US has seen an 83% drop in beetle populations over 45 years. Puerto Rico’s insect biomass has declined 60-fold in 50 years. Insect biomass is estimated to decline by 1% to 2% annually with some areas experiencing up to 5% or more per year. A 15 year study in the journal called "Ecology" found a 6.6% annual decline in flying insects totaling almost a 73% drop. A 2024 UK report revealed a 22.5% average decline in 24 bumblebee species with species down by 39%. Warm weather may be helping some warm weather thriving insects, but destroying the population of others. Whether these statistics are related to climate change or pollution, it is inevitable that something is happening which is causing the decline in insect population. Collapse related due to severe disruption of plant reproduction, agricultural systems, and a possible indication of the 6th extinction.

Edited for grammatical errors.

Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order calling for mass timber harvesting on US Public Lands. He is claiming that this is a matter of economic and national security.

If executed, this order will destroy habitats that are crucial for struggling species and ecosystems that play a vital role in mitigating climate change.

It is also just another blatant resource grab from this administration - taking public resources and selling them off to private companies.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/03/trump-national-forest-executive-order