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In a better timeline, politicians would be confronted about how to address ecological stresses that threaten civilizational stability.

#ecologicalsecurity

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Over 40% of coral species now face extinction, says IUCN Red List - Oceanographic
In a reassessment of the health of coral species around the world, the ICUN Red List has found that 44% are now on the edge of extinction.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 5, 2026 at 1:45 PM
stratheia.bsky.social
From Ukraine to the South China Sea, war and environmental destruction are deeply intertwined.
#WarAndEnvironment #GeopoliticalConflict #EcologicalSecurity
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Book Review - Oceans Rise, Empires Fall - Stratheia
Gerard Toal argues geopolitics itself is driving climate catastrophe as empires prioritize power over planetary survival.
stratheia.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:00 AM
datradicalgal.bsky.social
Politicians talk about security - do they mean #foodsecurity #healthsecurity #housingsecurity #jobsecurity #educationsecurity #ecologicalsecurity #naturesecurity Nah of course not they just talk about potential threats- war does nothing but line the pockets of profiteers of killing
June 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
marisolmaddox.bsky.social
Looking forward to guest lecturing about the #Arctic and the changing nature of the threat environment at @middleburycollege.bsky.social this AM! It’s more important than ever to engage students in conversations about threats & solutions
#climatechange #ecologicalsecurity #democracy #russia #china
January 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
councilonstrategicrisks.org
🆕 🐝 US honeybee colony deaths are expected to surge this season—an ominous sign for global food systems and #ecologicalsecurity, underscoring how quickly local collapse can trigger worldwide ripple effects.

⬇️ Read the latest from Andrea Rezzonico
US Commercial Honeybee Crisis and National Security - The Council on Strategic Risks
US honeybee colony deaths are expected to rise this year—a sharp uptick that could signal greater risks to global food systems and national security.
councilonstrategicrisks.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
councilonstrategicrisks.org
🌏 From deforestation to food insecurity, Southeast Asia is facing a litany of interconnected environmental challenges. John Lichtefeld provides recommendations for addressing these threats using an #ecologicalsecurity framework

⬇️ Read the briefer:
Establishing an Ecological Security Framework for Southeast Asia - The Council on Strategic Risks
From deforestation to food insecurity, how can Southeast Asia address complex, interconnected environmental challenges using an ecological security framework?
councilonstrategicrisks.org
December 10, 2024 at 2:10 PM
councilonstrategicrisks.org
🌱 First up: What happens when ecosystem services within forests and oceans fail? CSR's Lily Boland brings together strategic foresight methods—including horizon scanning, a futures wheel, and a 2×2 analytical matrix—to explore potential #ecologicalsecurity drivers, stressors, and solution pathways.
November 20, 2024 at 5:09 PM
ctl-listens.bsky.social
A Recommended Listen:
The connections betw what we farm/eat, global conflict & #NationalSecurity are fascinating.
Genetically diverse crops make you, the farmer next door, our nation more secure.

#Agrobiodiversity #Food #Seeds #FoodSecurity #EcologicalSecurity #EconomicSecurity #EcosystemServices
csis.org CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies @csis.org · Jan 22
Agriculture is increasingly strained by growing food demand, global conflict, and the loss of its most foundational resource, agrobiodiversity. This loss threatens not just food security, but global security writ large.

Learn more:
Seeding Security: Why Agrobiodiversity Loss Threatens National Security
Agriculture is increasingly strained by growing food demand, global conflict, and the loss of its most foundational resource, agrobiodiversity. CSIS experts examine why the loss of agrobiodiversity…
www.csis.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
This map is rather unsettling and the screwworm situation is possibly already out of control. The DOGEing of USDA has crippled our response, unfortunately.

#ecologicalsecurity
map of New World Screwworm cases in the U.S.
June 8, 2026 at 10:50 PM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
CWD is an #ecologicalsecurity nightmare. Prions are biological hazards embedded in soil-water-wildlife systems and thermally stable. We have scant knowledge how climate and pollution affect their transmission, and pertinent USDA offices/ staff have been hammered.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/s...
Targeted Hunts Were Supposed to Curb ‘Zombie Deer Disease.’ Now What?
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2026 at 12:28 PM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
I first alerted US principals about this possibility in the early 2010s, and speculated then that new avenues of diplomacy might be possible with respect to Tehran. Fifteen years later we see a catastrophe unfold.

#ecologicalsecurity

www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...
Taps run dry as water crisis forces Iran to consider evacuating its capital
A prolonged drought along with years of overconsumption, an inefficient agricultural sector and mismanagement have led to the problem, analysts say.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
The US Forest Service strengthens homeland security by reducing wildfire risks, protecting water supplies, storing carbon, and safeguarding supply chains.

Closing USFS is destabilizing to the nation on the order of shuttering USAID.

#ecologicalsecurity

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent
The public has less than a week remaining to comment on the administration's plans.
www.motherjones.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
Some people are waking up that the harmful algal bloom crisis is not just another water quality issue to be managed. But HABs are beyond climate disasters since nutrient pollution is usually the driving force .

#ecologicalsecurity

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
SA algal bloom shows new criteria for climate disasters needed, Hanson-Young says – video
The Greens senator says South Australia's algal bloom is yet to be declared a national disaster
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
The rainfall experienced in Arkansas April 3-6, 2025 was the heaviest ever recorded in the region, wiping out many crops and farms. Closures of USAID and USDA programs have made such climate impacts even worse for farmers and food system stability.

#ecologicalsecurity

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Hundreds of struggling Arkansas farmers ask federal government to save them
Hundreds of struggling Arkansas farmers are pleading with the federal government to provide emergency funding amid a farm economy crisis.Almost everything that
katv.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
This tells you all you need to know about how mired in outdated notions of security this administration is. Very much out of step with the global move underway towards a new security doctrine.

#ecologicalsecurity

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump to rename Department of Defense the 'Department of War,' official says
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War," a White House official said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
This is how fisheries collapse, with all the socioeconomic and security shocks that accompany it. Another warning sign that our willful blindness to Earth system stress is dangerous for people and nations.

#ecologicalsecurity

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
For the first time in 40 years, Panama’s deep and cold ocean waters failed to emerge, possibly affecting fisheries and coral health
The natural phenomenon of upwelling, which occurs annually in the Gulf of Panama, failed for the first time on record in 2025. A study led by scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institut...
www.eurekalert.org
September 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
Let me fix this headline:

The ICJ ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws that bolster human, national, and global security.

#TheParisSecurityAgreement
#ecologicalsecurity
July 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
The oceanic color change arises from different levels of chlorophyll, which is connected to phytoplankton abundance.

It’s the kind of quiet, unsettling news report playing in the background of a disaster movie just before everything unravels.

#ecologicalsecurity

abcnews.go.com/US/ocean-cha...
The ocean is changing colors, researchers say. Here's what it means.
Warming waters are causing the colors of the ocean to change -- a trend that could impact humans if it were to continue, according to new research.
abcnews.go.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
It’s worth noting that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) was one of the USDA agencies initially targeted for closure by DOGE. (And most people don’t understand the heightened risk landscape emerging from Earth system stress.)

#ecologicalsecurity

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/usd...
U.S. plans to combat spread of "man-eater" screwworms with $8.5M facility of flies in Texas
The facility will breed millions of sterile New World screwworm flies at Moore Air Base, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Wednesday.
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June 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
2028 will be an important year for those of us promoting an #ecologicalsecurity adjustment to security doctrine

www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
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May 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
Alarming honeybee colony losses—over 60% this past winter—are a threat to our food supply and wallets. Expect higher prices for almonds, berries, apples, and other pollinator-dependent crops. More so if we see substantial beekeeper bankruptcies.

#ecologicalsecurity

news.wsu.edu/news/2025/03...
Honey bee colony declines grow as WSU researchers work to fight losses
Commercial honey bee colony losses in the U.S. could reach 60 to 70% in 2025, according to entomologists at WSU.
news.wsu.edu
March 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
I might take this argument even further. If you believe, as I do, that climate change is an acute security risk, then climate disinformation — and their funders — likewise threaten our national and global security. #ecologicalsecurity

newrepublic.com/article/1886...
The Answer to Democrats’ Class Problem Is Staring Them in the Face
The climate crisis offers one of the strongest fields imaginable for proving fealty to the working class against rapacious elites.
newrepublic.com
November 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
This is a less clickbaity version of the study that made the rounds last week. It would be great for the US government (and the security community) to support more research into how ecosystem service degradation impacts people and nations. #ecosecurity #ecologicalsecurity

www.cbc.ca/news/science...
When bats were wiped out, more human babies died, a study found. Here's why | CBC News
Researchers found that infant deaths increased after farmers used more pesticides to battle pests when bats weren't around. The findings are part of growing evidence that humans rely on the animal and plant species around them, and are harmed when those species decline or go extinct.
www.cbc.ca
September 9, 2024 at 12:15 PM
rodschoonover.bsky.social
Wild weather grounded me in Chicago, delaying my arrival at #ESA2023 by 24 hours. 😫 But headed to Portland now! I’ll be giving Wednesday’s plenary talk on #ecologicalsecurity, so please drop by and say hello!
August 8, 2023 at 1:04 PM