[poochee]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Study: World's coral reefs likely to 'dissolve completely'

Unless carbon dioxide levels in the Earth's atmosphere and oceans are reduced, coral reefs around the world will start to dissolve completely in just a few decades, according to a new study published this week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

The impact on coral reefs is due to both ocean acidification (caused by the absorption of carbon dioxide into ocean water) as well as rising water temperatures. "Globally, each second, we dump over 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and, each second, about 300 tons of that carbon dioxide is going into the oceans," said study co-author Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology last month. "We can say with a high degree of certainty that all of this CO2 will make the oceans more acidic – that is simple chemistry taught to freshman college students."

http://blogs.usatoday.com/weather/20...worlds-co.html

[ekim68]

One Third of U.S. Bird Species Endangered, Survey Finds

Habitat destruction, pollution and other problems have left nearly a third of the nation’s 800 bird species endangered, threatened or in serious decline, according to a study issued on Thursday.

Described as the most comprehensive survey of American bird life, the report analyzed changes in the bird population over the last 40 years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/sc...th/20bird.html

[poochee]

Originally Posted by ekim68

One Third of U.S. Bird Species Endangered, Survey Finds

Habitat destruction, pollution and other problems have left nearly a third of the nation’s 800 bird species endangered, threatened or in serious decline, according to a study issued on Thursday.

Described as the most comprehensive survey of American bird life, the report analyzed changes in the bird population over the last 40 years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/sc...th/20bird.html

[ekim68]

A sign of the times:

Calif. chinook fishing season halted again

California's commercial chinook salmon fishing season will be called off again after a record low number of the fish returned to the Sacramento River to spawn last year, federal fisheries managers announced Wednesday.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...1D22.DTL&tsp=1

[_Andrew_]

I wholeheartedly agree with ppl's concerns, but on a lighter note..- it would appear the hippies were right all along-..back to heavy notes, I see a scary analogy between we the humans, and bacteria on the surface of an apple, slowly but surely degrading it..(except we tend not to leave potential for organic life to continue)..is this our actual purpose?..maybe the 'nasty' germs/diseases and pathogens are actually Natures way of defending the Earth from us..

No offense intended, but we are really a horrible species (I include myself in that statement).. too much of a good thing methinks..

[name is guy]

as long as there's human bacteria pumping out units every day like the octo mom ,animals will soon to be a thing of the past ,sad but you cant stop it unless we stop pumping out useless talentless fat slobs with just enough money and power to live out there miserable lives and spread out.

''in a nut shell'' we suck!!!

[ekim68]

Overfishing to wipe out bluefin tuna in 3 years: WWF

MADRID (Reuters) - Overfishing will wipe out the breeding population of Atlantic bluefin tuna, one of the ocean's largest and fastest predators, in three years unless catches are dramatically reduced, conservation group WWF said on Tuesday.

As European fishing fleets prepare to begin the two-month Mediterranean fishing season on Wednesday, WWF said its analysis showed the bluefin tuna that spawn -- those aged four years and older -- will have disappeared by 2012 at current rates.

http://www.reuters.com/article/envir...53D00320090414

[poochee]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Overfishing to wipe out bluefin tuna in 3 years: WWF

MADRID (Reuters) - Overfishing will wipe out the breeding population of Atlantic bluefin tuna, one of the ocean's largest and fastest predators, in three years unless catches are dramatically reduced, conservation group WWF said on Tuesday.

As European fishing fleets prepare to begin the two-month Mediterranean fishing season on Wednesday, WWF said its analysis showed the bluefin tuna that spawn -- those aged four years and older -- will have disappeared by 2012 at current rates.

http://www.reuters.com/article/envir...53D00320090414

[ekim68]

Imagine a World Without Seafood for Supper -- It's Nearer Than You Think

The majority of fish populations have been reduced by 70-95% -- and global demand keeps rising.

http://www.alternet.org/environment/...han_you_think/

(A long but interesting read.)

[ekim68]

Marine Mammals' Brains Exposed To Hazardous Cocktail Of Pesticides Including DDT, PCBs, Brominated Flame Retardants

ScienceDaily (May 21, 2009) — The most extensive study of pollutants in marine mammals’ brains reveals that these animals are exposed to a hazardous cocktail of pesticides such as DDTs and PCBs, as well as emerging contaminants such as brominated flame retardants.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0520122227.htm

[Gabriel]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090522...vironmentdevil

Tasmanian Devil endangered

[poochee]

Originally Posted by Gabriel

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090522...vironmentdevil

Tasmanian Devil endangered

Hope this can be turned around.

[Gabriel]

Here are some frogs they are trying to save



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090509/...t_flying_frogs

[ekim68]

"The mountain chicken frog has been virtually wiped out."

This from the article Gabriel...How little we value other lives, eh?

[poochee]

Sad about the frogs.