<![CDATA[Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be.]]>Shifting baseline syndrome ( ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. Each generation grows up with a more depleted environment and calls it “normal,” simply because it’s all they’ve ever known.

Researchers warn that this shift lowers our expectations, increases our tolerance for decline, and reduces our urgency to protect what’s left.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/897c13a9-5f20-4bfe-b468-d74c93cf58a2/shifting-baseline-syndrome-sbs-is-what-happens-when-we-forget-how-vibrant-the-natural-world-used-to-be.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:11:25 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2026 12:03:19 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Sat, 02 May 2026 20:08:53 GMT]]>@sarae @Jeroen89 Does explain why the tree on the left seems to age backwards.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/116506790010299483https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/116506790010299483Sat, 02 May 2026 20:08:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Sat, 02 May 2026 18:58:44 GMT]]>@Jeroen89@mastodon-belgium.be the irony of talking about climate change with ai slop graphics

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lea.pet/notes/als9rjj1oihttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lea.pet/notes/als9rjj1oiSat, 02 May 2026 18:58:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Sat, 02 May 2026 18:46:10 GMT]]>@Jeroen89 I remember that butterfly I saw in 2020.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joelvanderwerf/statuses/116506464754319474https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joelvanderwerf/statuses/116506464754319474Sat, 02 May 2026 18:46:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Sat, 02 May 2026 10:07:35 GMT]]>@Jeroen89 In addition the same for oceans. There's so much damage already due to climate heating but also deep sea mining and fossil fuel pollution!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/116504425617124185https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/116504425617124185Sat, 02 May 2026 10:07:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Sat, 02 May 2026 09:43:05 GMT]]>@Uair @Jeroen89
The area was named the fertile crescent specifically for river valleys, and what they were like over 3000 years ago. The area was already becoming dryer at that time, and about 60,000 years ago the whole Arabian peninsula was a jungle.
Also the war wasn't fought in the prime farming areas.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/duckwhistle/statuses/116504329280898562https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/duckwhistle/statuses/116504329280898562Sat, 02 May 2026 09:43:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Sat, 02 May 2026 09:08:52 GMT]]>@Jeroen89 This phenomenon merits a more emotive name!

As for the graphic - in all too many rural places, there's barely an insect to be seen.

Happily, I came across a veritable insect hotspot this week - a small farm in Sussex that has been chemical free for a decade or more... Insects everywhere - more than I can remember seeing for a long time!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Nigel_Lake/statuses/116504194712943549https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Nigel_Lake/statuses/116504194712943549Sat, 02 May 2026 09:08:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:34:53 GMT]]>@Kurt Ah yes, the ever-present myth of humans making nature more natural by (carefully?) editing it. Because nature alone is "too dumb" to do it properly. Remind you of other colonial thinking patterns? Yikes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dmv.community/users/phf/statuses/116504061111705665https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dmv.community/users/phf/statuses/116504061111705665Sat, 02 May 2026 08:34:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:28:52 GMT]]>@gdjp @misty @kete @sarae you can't really. At this point your best bet is to ask the person who posted/claims to have made it and even then they might just lie to you because the people who do this and aren't full-on AIbros harassing artists are deeply ashamed of it because they know what the public opinion is 🥲

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunbeam.city/users/hazelnot/statuses/116504037447446418https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunbeam.city/users/hazelnot/statuses/116504037447446418Sat, 02 May 2026 08:28:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Sat, 02 May 2026 07:43:07 GMT]]>@phf @Jeroen89 No and No. When i grew up our woods were spruce monocultures and the soil was sterile due to deer and darkness and a thick layer of needles. Storms and good huntig and farming now made it look like your 1800 picture.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/Kurt/statuses/116503857540743909https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/Kurt/statuses/116503857540743909Sat, 02 May 2026 07:43:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Sat, 02 May 2026 06:38:41 GMT]]>@Jeroen89 Do this with public space, please.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nrw.social/users/publixpace/statuses/116503604204643087https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nrw.social/users/publixpace/statuses/116503604204643087Sat, 02 May 2026 06:38:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Fri, 01 May 2026 18:58:59 GMT]]>@souldessin but the state parks aren't sufficient. The more we 'develop', the worse it becomes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon-belgium.be/users/Jeroen89/statuses/116500852873352906https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon-belgium.be/users/Jeroen89/statuses/116500852873352906Fri, 01 May 2026 18:58:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Fri, 01 May 2026 17:46:31 GMT]]>@misty @CyReVolt @martaczc

There is no doubt that it is AI-generated. If you look closely, there's a depiction of a flying fish (Exocoetidae), which is native to the tropic and subtropic oceans, and not – you know – temperate forests.

Also, the tandem dragonfly (Anax tandemicus) went extinct in the 1740's.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lingo.lol/users/headword/statuses/116500567928086073https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lingo.lol/users/headword/statuses/116500567928086073Fri, 01 May 2026 17:46:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Fri, 01 May 2026 17:10:31 GMT]]>@Jeroen89 this is why we need large regions with untouched diversity - rainforests and wetlands, deserts & northern forests - so nature can trive. Where we must not destroy everything.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/116500426384736081https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/116500426384736081Fri, 01 May 2026 17:10:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Fri, 01 May 2026 16:13:10 GMT]]>@roadskater @Jeroen89 my last long trip, I had hardly any hit

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fuckaas.space/ap/users/115528082221336222/statuses/116500200846312891https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fuckaas.space/ap/users/115528082221336222/statuses/116500200846312891Fri, 01 May 2026 16:13:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Fri, 01 May 2026 15:59:18 GMT]]>@gdjp @misty @kete @sarae Glitches. Is that only me ? Fish in the sky, lumpy damselfly, ...a flying toilet broom ?

Idk.

Also how the grasse isn't there in 2020 : why ? If anything the removal of trees favored grasslands (because access to light).

And what about the white stuff you can see everywhere, snow remnant ? Dust ? Pollen ? >_>

If it's not AI I'm very curious about the alien thought process at work and story behind all this.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pouet.chapril.org/users/otyugh/statuses/116500146351182298https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pouet.chapril.org/users/otyugh/statuses/116500146351182298Fri, 01 May 2026 15:59:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Fri, 01 May 2026 13:50:35 GMT]]>@gdjp Thank you. Since the picture had their label on it, I didn't think of putting it in the reference.

Likewise I didn't think to check if it's AI made. To me, it supports the message. And in this case, it's clear (being cartoonish).
But next time I will check it and add it if I think it's AI generated

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon-belgium.be/users/Jeroen89/statuses/116499640170674138https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon-belgium.be/users/Jeroen89/statuses/116499640170674138Fri, 01 May 2026 13:50:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Fri, 01 May 2026 13:46:29 GMT]]>@Jeroen89 Good for educational classes on the environment, notably to kids. It creates awareness.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/ap/users/116436283925288364/statuses/116499624097384822https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/ap/users/116436283925288364/statuses/116499624097384822Fri, 01 May 2026 13:46:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Fri, 01 May 2026 13:37:53 GMT]]>@Jeroen89 I emailed this to Parklane Landscapes, "There is an interesting conversation on Mastodon social media about a graphic attributed to your organization.  I have attached a link to the conversation. My question is was your graphic AI generated? It illustrates a concept we should be aware of, but using AI on a regular basis can be questionable for "nature workers" due to the negative environmental costs of implementing the technology. I would appreciate it if you were to clarify this."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/gdjp/statuses/116499590228964977https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/gdjp/statuses/116499590228964977Fri, 01 May 2026 13:37:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Fri, 01 May 2026 13:22:58 GMT]]>@misty @kete @sarae How would one confirm if this was AI generated or human drawn?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/gdjp/statuses/116499531604084745https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/gdjp/statuses/116499531604084745Fri, 01 May 2026 13:22:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Fri, 01 May 2026 12:40:56 GMT]]>@martaczc @Jeroen89 I think it is, it has that weird overdetailed cartoon style that gets more wrong the more you look at it. Frustrating how the slop just seems to colonize every space…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://meow.social/users/KronoGarrett/statuses/116499366322170567https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://meow.social/users/KronoGarrett/statuses/116499366322170567Fri, 01 May 2026 12:40:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Fri, 01 May 2026 12:25:25 GMT]]>@Jeroen89 Wenn "Umweltschützer" einen ihrer Meinung nach "ursprünglichen" oder "natürlichen" Zustand "wieder" herstellen wollen, wird auch oft nur Schaden angerichtet.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nrw.social/users/RuedigerKuhnke/statuses/116499305310185193https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nrw.social/users/RuedigerKuhnke/statuses/116499305310185193Fri, 01 May 2026 12:25:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:57 GMT]]>@phf - Yeah; @ObsidianUrbex age has just begun and they don't care about you and I.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlovato/statuses/116499209090968152https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/atlovato/statuses/116499209090968152Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Fri, 01 May 2026 11:18:05 GMT]]>@phf @Jeroen89 Actually, chopping down billionaires literally could be ethically justified... As long as you are environmentally aware, and make sure you dispose of the bodies in an environmentally friendly way. The effect of one billionaire on the world is more than a great number of the world's countries.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/UkeleleEric/statuses/116499040560444808https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/UkeleleEric/statuses/116499040560444808Fri, 01 May 2026 11:18:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shifting baseline syndrome ( #SBS ) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. on Fri, 01 May 2026 09:47:01 GMT]]>@ckd @jrdepriest @Jeroen89
The car has won.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.cologne/users/footils/statuses/116498682423556630https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.cologne/users/footils/statuses/116498682423556630Fri, 01 May 2026 09:47:01 GMT