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Terrible Odds? One of Every Four Mammals Faces Extinction
According a report to be published on Friday in the journal Science, researchers have discovered startling odds on the chances of survival for the world's mammals: 1-in-4. Yikes. Um, aren't humans mammals too.
Warming Leaves Us No Choice But to "Prepare For Extinction"?
Top scientist Bob Watson says that we need to prepare for a rise in temperature of 39 degrees Fahrenheit. A jump that big would have catastrophic effects — it means between 7 million and 300 million more people would be affected by flooding and that the water availability in Africa would dry up by 50 percent.
In other words, 4 billion people left without water, 5 billion at risk for flooding, and half a billion left hungry.
Bananas!? 70 Percent of Asia's Primates Are Endangered
Whether or not you think this guy is your long lost relative, it's a mixed barrel of monkeys out there. First, the bad: an IUCN Red List of Threatened Species shows that 48 percent of the world's primates are facing extinction. That number includes the fact that 70 percent of Asia's primates (as high as 90 percent in Cambodia) are listed as endangered.
Moving Endangered Species To Save From Global Warming?
The biological community is facing global climate change with a radical plan to create a sort of Darwin-assisted species-triage program: moving threatened species to safer locations. As we heard in Al Gore's big global warming speech yesterday, warming is huge — and one of the effects is that many species are now facing extinction as the weather shifts, leading some to ask if a big move can lead to the salvation of a species.
Ten years ago, this idea was wildly opposed when it was introduced into the scientific community as data on global warming began mounting.
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Not the Greenest President: Bush's Environmental Sins
Even some conservatives believe that the US President-elect should put the environmental crisis at the top of his presidential to-do list, because addressing that crisis has bipartisan approval. Yet despite an apparent citizen yearning for leadership on green issues, President Bush has neglected the topic during his eight years in the White House.
Salon put together a list of Bush's seven environmental deadly sins.
Pope Condemns Consumerism, and Earth Scarred, Squandered
Internet porn, greenhouse gases, and shopping could be the new scourge of the Earth. Pope Benedict addressed a huge gathering of young people in Sydney, Australia, today and said that that they were inheriting a planet whose natural gifts have been "scarred" and "squandered" to fuel insatiable consumption.
His latest environmental plea to save the planet for the young, was aimed at about 150,000 of those youth in Sydney after a "Pope on a boat" ride through the harbor.
President Bush Wants to Pass Global Warming Initiative
President Bush may ask Congress to consider legislation to combat global warming as early as this week. An unmanageable web of US regulatory law, as well as upcoming meetings with world powers, has motivated Bush to take action.
Currently businesses must follow three pieces of complex legislation: the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Clean Air Act.
Ferret Caught Red-Handed
This ferret better watch himself. According to CNN, this species is one of the most endangered animals in North America. But he's not doing himself any favors by getting his crimes caught on tape.
Saturday Morning Cartoon: The Superficial Friends
It's the Adventures of the Superficial Friends, starring animated versions of Paris, Nicole, Lindsay and the Olsens, "the most self-important celebrities" who are dedicated "to selfishness and social ignorance." Here, they attend an Endangered Species Fashion Show and have to duke it out with People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson. Surreal fun for everyone!
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