All Blog Posts Tagged 'biodiversity' (3)

Study Predicts Imminent Irreversible Planetary Collapse

Drivers of a potential planetary-scale critical transition (credit: Anthony D. Barnosky et al./Nature)

Using scientific theories, toy ecosystem modeling and paleontological evidence as a crystal ball, 21 scientists predict we’re on a much worse collision course with Mother…

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Added by Solar Man on June 14, 2012 at 3:28am — No Comments

Humanity is Outstripping the Earth's Resources by 50% Every Year!-2012 Living Planet Report

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The world's biodiversity is down 30 percent since the 1970s, according to a new report, with tropical species taking the biggest hit. And if humanity continues as it has been, the picture could get bleaker.

Humanity is outstripping the Earth's resources by 50 percent — essentially using…

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Added by Solar Man on May 16, 2012 at 4:09am — No Comments

$5,000,000,000,000 (at least $5 trillion)----The cost each year of vanishing rainforest

British researchers set out the economic impact of species destruction - and their findings are changing world's approach to global warming

By Matt Chorley, Political Correspondent

Sunday, October 03 2010 -

British scientific experts have made a major breakthrough in the fight to save the natural world from destruction, leading to an international effort to safeguard a global system worth at least $5… Continue

Added by Solar Man on October 3, 2010 at 8:20pm — No Comments