The Amazon forest in Brazil, the world’s largest remaining wilderness, could vanish within two decades, a new study reveals. If these development plans go through, we’ll lose the largest remaining wilderness on Earth and a huge amount of the world’s … Continued
”The wheel is come full circle.” Shakespeare, King Lear In October 1998, a group of traditional Native elders, tribal leaders, scholars, educators, and scientists gathered together to address the socioeconomic impact of climate variability and change. This gathering, entitled the … Continued
By Paul Brown – Environment Correspondent, Guardian Unlimited Conservationists yesterday set up an action plan to save the whales and dolphins which frequent European waters and which are being poisoned, killed in nets, and deliberately harassed by people in fast … Continued
By BBC News Online science editor Dr David Whitehouse Opinion is divided over the Sun’s impact on climate change Scientists at Armagh Observatory claim a unique weather record could show that the Sun has been the main contributor to global … Continued
Staff Writer Gayle Hefley A new report published by the US non-profit group Population Action International (PAI) reveals that over three billion people could face chronic or severe water shortage by the year 2025. This is a four-fold increase over … Continued
By Jonathon Leake – Environment Editor, Sunday Times “By the end of this century, it (the North Pole) will have disappeared completely.” The North Pole is melting for the first time in 55m years. Researchers have found that the icecap … Continued
Poachers are continuing to kill the world’s remaining tigers, despite progress in reducing the use of the animals’ bones in traditional medicine. A report by the Traffic network, the wildlife trade monitoring programme of the World Wide Fund for Nature … Continued
Source: World Watch, By Lisa Mastny The Earth’s ice cover is melting in more places and at higher rates than at any time since record-keeping began. Reports from around the world compiled by the Worldwatch Institute (see attached data table) … Continued