Salmon are vanishing from the Yukon River — and so is a way of life

https://grist.org/food/salmon-vanishing-yukon-river-way-of-life-alaska-native/

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Jeff@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Yet another loss that we humans created and must adapt to.

Starglasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 2y (3 replies)
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drdalek13@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Yeah, that comment is extremely dismissive of reality and the larger trend. We are in the midst of a mass extinction event.

EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Yeah and a lot of that event was rushed by our behavior.

Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 2y

What comment was dismissive of reality?

Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y

My ability to empathize with Native families on this one is severely limited by my extreme jealousy that they get to live life that way.

Caring about this issue draws on a deep, dumb level of logic that destroying an ecosystem in this way is just wrong.

Not that I can really do anything about it, so far away from Alaska.