Scientists Confirm Risks Of Genetically Engineered Crops (Common Dreams)
With hardly a mention in the American press, the results of the largest field study ever conducted on genetically engineered crops were just made public in Europe. The
British government research concluded that genetically engineered crops could lead to significantly lower numbers of insects, an important part of the wildlife food chain.

Native Fish in Arizona River in Peril (Associated Press)
"Arizona is on a path to have all of its native fish go extinct unless state and federal agencies start doing - rather than just talking about - their jobs," said Leon Fager, a longtime endangered-species biologist for the U.S. Forest Service.

North Sea Undergoing "Ecological Meltdown" Due to Warming (Independent)
Fish stocks and sea bird numbers plummet as soaring water temperatures kill off vital plankton. The North Sea is undergoing "ecological meltdown" as a result of global warming, according to startling new research. Scientists say that they are witnessing "a collapse in the system", with devastating implications for fisheries and wildlife.

World's seagrasses 'in peril' (BBC)
[ Picture of Manatee among the seagrasses... ]

Orangutans Could Go Extinct in 10 to 20 Years (Associated Press)
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Ban Fishing in Third of All Seas, Scientists Say (Independent)

Boiling seas linked to mass extinction (Nature, Scientific Journal)
Methane belches may have catastrophic consequences.
See the related article below about Lake Nyos, Cameroon (8/22/03)...

American Pika Doomed as 'First Mammal Victim of Climate Change' (Guardian)

Danger to Coral Reefs May Outpace Discovery: Despite Conservation Effort, Damage to Communities Continues (Washington Post)

Coral reefs doomed, study says. Centuries of overfishing killing ecosystems (San Francisco Chronicle)
[ See photograph from original article... ]
"If you want to live in a world where the ocean is mostly jellyfish and bacteria, there's nothing I can do about it." John Pandolfi

Global Warming is Choking the Life Out of Lake Tanganyika (Independent)
[ See the satellite photograph from the original article... ]

Falling Africa Fish Harvest Blamed on Warming (Associated Press)

Climate 'destroying fish stocks' (BBC)
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Climate change destroying Lake Tanganyika: study (Agence France Presse)
[ See satellite image of Lake Tanganyika from original article... ]

Tuvalu Islanders Consider Exodus As Sea Level Rises (Guardian)

Yes, We'll Have No Bananas - Thanks to Selective Breeding, our Favourite Fruit can Neither Reproduce nor Defend Itself from Disease (Globe and Mail)

Global warming could trigger mass extinction (Guardian)

Climate Change Could Drive Mass Extinctions (Scotsman, UK)
Evidence points to mass extinction

Study: Nets Drown 1,000 Cetaceans Daily (Associated Press)

Ocean's Bounty is Gone (Miami Herald)

Farmed salmon pose greater risk to wild species than thought (Agence France Presse)

Wake-up call on extinction wave (BBC)
"The living world is disappearing before our eyes."
Professor Peter Crane, Kew Gardens

Key Ocean Fish Species Ravaged, Study Finds (Washington Post)

Alarm Raised on World's Disappearing Languages (Independent)

Only 10 percent of big ocean fish remain (CNN)

Cheap Coffee Threatens to Wipe Out Wildlife and Ruin Farmers (Independent)

Destructive Fishing Causing Ocean Crisis (ENS)

Study Shows Shark Species Are Threatened (Associated Press)
North Atlantic shark populations have declined by more than 50 percent in the past 15 years.

Concerns Raised Over Genetically Altered Fish (New York Times)

Bananas' Days May Be Numbered, Scientist Says (Reuters)

Smaller Households Lead to Vanishing Biodiversity (OneWorld.net)

One generation to save world, report warns (Guardian)
Influential body says last chances must be seized
[ See "The World in the 2050's", assuming "Business As Usual" (Guardian)... ]

Polar bear 'extinct within 100 years' (BBC)
"As the sea ice disappears, so will the polar bears", Prof Andrew Derocher

Global Warming Found to Displace Species (New York Times)

Wildlife seeks cooler climes (BBC)
Two groups of US biologists say they have detected a consistent pattern of response by wild species to warmer temperatures. They say this is evidence that climate change is affecting living systems, as climatologists have predicted. Many species are forsaking their ranges to find cooler or higher habitats.

GM Crops are Breeding with Plants in the Wild (Independent)
The results, in a new Government report, show that genes from GM crops are
interbreeding on a large scale with conventional ones, and also with weeds.

Time to apply the brakes before we go over the cliff (Independent)

Nature 'will take more than 10 million years' to recover from mankind (Independent)

How one creature drives so many species to extinction (Independent)

Digital Noah's Ark for the world's lost and endangered
species to be set up in Britain (Independent)

Half of the World's Species of Plants are in Danger of Disappearing, Says Study (Independent)

World Plants Near Extinction Close to 50 Percent-Study Says (Reuters, and "Science", the Journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS))

Mountain Cultures in Grave Danger Says UN (Guardian)

Third of primates 'risk extinction' (BBC)

Arctic Pollution Causing Polar Bears to Change Sex (Independent)

All U.S. Coral Reefs Face Human Threats (OneWorld.net)

No streams are unpolluted, many animal and plant species face extinction (Associated Press)

Global Warming. Glacial Melting Takes Human Toll (Los Angeles Times)
[ See photograph of aftermath of giant piece of glacier that roared down a gorge popular with hikers... ]

Global Warming Forces Inuits to Abandon Swamped Homes (Independent)

Tiny Tuvalu Steps up Threat to Sue Australia, U.S. (IPS)

Clock ticking for Indonesian rainforest (BBC)

Ecological Decline 'Far Worse' Than Official Estimates (Guardian)
Leaked paper - OECD's grim warning on climate change

Scientists agree world faces mass extinction (CNN)

Last Word Looms for Half the World's Languages (OneWorld/UK)

Deep sea organisms threatened by fishing (UPI Science News)

Global Warming: Antarctica Becomes Too Hot for the Penguins (lndependent)

THE FUTURE OF LIFE, by Edward O. Wilson (CSMonitor)
Earth in the balance - could tilt either way. We also live in the midst of a mass extinctions, the greatest extermination of living species since the end of the dinosaurs.

Bumblebees could face extinction (BBC)
Bumblebees' normal habitats are dwindling