It is… because I care…
AFP – Global warming and changes to the Pacific ecosystem could be limiting the recovery of the Pacific gray whale and suggest permanent damage done by overfishing, scientists said in a new study Monday.
Gray whale recovery limited by Pacific ecosystem damage: study (AFP)
Just when you think it can’t possibly get any worse—well, it does. The Greenland ice cap is apparently melting so quickly that it is triggering earthquakes, as pieces of ice several cubic kilometers in size break off.
Melting Ice Cap Triggering Earthquakes, Endangering Wildlife
LiveScience.com – Drastic changes to land and water wrought by climate change are forcing cartographers to redraw their maps of the world.
I’m a vegetarian, but I’m also a Cornell graduate and I’ve learned that hunting, when done according to the law, definitely helps keep certain animal populations in check (usually due to human interference – construction, deforestation, etc). Trimming over population keeps certain animals (deer, bears, etc.) from starvation and coming into “human” populated areas.
AP – Hunters remain a powerful force in American society, as evidenced by the presidential candidates who routinely pay them homage, but their ranks are shrinking dramatically and wildlife agencies worry increasingly about the loss of sorely needed license-fee revenue.
AP – Climate change could worsen Africa’s struggle to feed itself, but simple steps ? a cistern to catch rainwater, a solar panel, or hardier seeds for crops ? could help the continent’s subsistence farms, specialists and activists said Friday.
Reuters – Spreading deserts and degradation of farm land due to climate change will pose a serious threat to food supplies for the world’s surging population in coming years, a senior United Nations scientist warned on Friday.
AFP – The Svalbard archipelago near the North Pole is already seeing the dramatic effects of global warming: the mercury is rising twice as fast as elsewhere on the planet, posing a serious threat to the ecosystem.
Ice fjords, lifeblood for polar species, at risk in melting Arctic (AFP)
LiveScience.com – Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and landslides are some of the additional catastrophes that climate change and its rising sea levels and melting glaciers could bring, a geologist says.
Global Warming Might Spur Earthquakes and Volcanoes (LiveScience.com)
