Dylan Hicks

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

May 28, 2020 will mark the 4-year anniversary of the tragic killing of Harambe the Gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo #ees028 #harambe #RIP #gorillainthesky

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

American military bases serve as homes to over 425 threatened and endangered species #ees028 #military #butterflies

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

@SeaIceMaths Unusually High Temperatures In Arctic Rise In Frequency. All things considered, NPR. 3 Mar 2018. https://t.co/31N5TodyDg

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

The winter of 2017-18 saw record-breaking temperatures in the Arctic during the month of February, contributing to accelerating melting of polar ice sheets #ees028 #throwback

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

Though the Tasmanian Tiger is thought to have gone extinct nearly an entire century ago, there have been several relatively recent reported sightings in Far North Queensland, Australia #ees028 #tasmaniantiger #extinctorextant

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

Travis Rieder, a philosopher with the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University, argues that citizens of developed First World countries are morally obligated to have fewer children -- due to our disproportionate rate of carbon emissions #ees028 #philosophy #CO2

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

Conservationists are concerned that President Trump's proposed border wall would separate the populations of over one hundred endangered species around the US-Mexico border #ees028 #immigration #controversy

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

Plastic fragments in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch have been described as a "soup of confetti" #ees028 #throwback

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

Over a dozen men in Maine were arrested for poaching elvers, young eels worth $1500 per pound #ees028 #throwback

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

Regardless of the trivialization of global warming due to only slight increases in temperature, a few degrees is all it takes to melt ice sheets and raise sea levels, leading us toward coastal flooding and humanitarian disaster https://t.co/hw898vhpoy #climatemyth #ees028

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

Foolishly, some believe that the simple act of respiration cumulatively contributes to CO2 emissions -- breathing simply recycles and returns the gases that were already present through plant photosynthesis and the carbon cycle https://t.co/oz4OdpQnub #climatemyth #ees028

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

Although carbon dioxide was more abundant in Earth's atmosphere millennia ago, the sun was comparatively dimmer during this glacial era, mitigating this argument https://t.co/5lLFSrIDxU #climatemyth #ees028

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

Invasive species of insects are thriving in the absence of Ugandan butterflies, occupying their former ecological niche @LehighEcology #ees028 #eol #insectinvaders

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

Populations of native butterflies are declining in Uganda due to deforestation and climate change https://t.co/Y2inTKlDAI @LehighEcology #ees028 #eol #butterflydemise

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

Tragically, the once majestic jellyfish disintegrates into a brown blob after being brought half a mile up to the surface https://t.co/qhiwdWK6vS
@LehighEcology #ees028 #eol

[Dylan Hicks @dylan_s_hicks]

The Red Lantern Jellyfish was named in reference to the red lanterns hung outside Japanese restaurants that serve alcohol @LehighEcology #ees028 #eol