Penguin colonies are collapsing because global warming, pollution and over-fishing are damaging their ocean habitat in the southern hemisphere, a researcher at the University of Washington said.
Species Extinction
Penguin Decline Points to Climate Change, Pollution, Study Says Bloomberg.com: Science
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Bees' decline could lead to higher food prices - CNN.com
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Floodwaters to widen 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico - Yahoo! News
Created June 20th, 2008 by tjrockWASHINGTON - Floodwaters loaded with farm runoff are heading down the Mississippi River, and scientists fear the deluge will dramatically increase this summer's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, covering an area the size of Maryland.
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issue analysis critique
Created June 13th, 2008 by woollybearMy first post here...
noting that, at the front door to the Wheather Report, it reads:
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As professional futurists, our studies have convinced us that the near term is going to include extraordinary, rapid global change...
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Alex Renton: How the world's oceans are running out of fish | Environment | The Observer
Created June 11th, 2008 by ken1234Ninety years of industrial-scale overfishing has brought us to the brink of an ecological catastrophe and deprived millions of their livelihoods.
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Flowers' Fragrance Diminished by Air Pollution
Created May 6th, 2008 by kbajgierAir pollution from power plants and automobiles is destroying the fragrance of flowers and thereby inhibiting the ability of pollinating insects to follow scent trails to their source
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | US fears over honey bee collapse
Created April 23rd, 2008 by ken1234The pollination of crops by bees is responsible for a third of the food produced in the US.
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BBC NEWS | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | Wild bee decline 'catastrophic'
Created April 23rd, 2008 by ken1234Wild bee populations around the UK are experiencing "catastrophic declines", the Bumblebee Conservation Trust has warned.
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Salmon fishing ban possible this year - Yahoo! News
Created March 20th, 2008 by ken1234The sudden collapse of the central California chinook salmon fishery has prompted federal fisheries managers to consider closing this year's salmon-fishing season from northern Oregon to the Mexican border.
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Is it possible to live in inner peace and harmony no matter outer circumstance?
Created March 11th, 2008 by AnetteIs it possible for humany to experience a shift in conscioussness where we can experience inner peace and happiness no matter outer circumstances? Where we would feel connected to each other and by nature being interested in growth for each other and our environment?
Is it possible to have such evolution happen without, but not excluding, religious and philosophical inclinations?
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