CLIMATE CHANGE WILL IMPACT US ALL

May 6, 2013 Newsweek, The Daily Beast

THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US - CAN HUMANS SURVIVE? Are we in the first act of a mass extinction that will end in the death of millions of plant and animal species across the planet, including us? Proponents of the “sixth extinction” theory believe the answer is yes.

Five mass extinctions have nearly wiped out life on earth. As Annalee Newitz writes in her new book, the sixth is coming... http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/05/06/the-sixth-mass-extinction-is-upon-us-can-humans-survive.html?source=socialflow&account=newsweek&medium=twitter

                                   ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON

                                          EXTINCTION CRISIS

IN 40 YEARS, WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS  http://sco.lt/8fK5eT

July 2, 2014 Common Dreams
'EXTINCTION CRISIS' 21,000 OF WORLD'S SPECIES AT RISK OF DISAPPEARING https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/02-9

May 13, 2013 Mongabay
CLIMATE CHANGE TO HALVE HABITAT FOR OVER 10,000 COMMON SPECIES http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0513-hance-climate-habitat.html

Guardian, December 29, 2013
-▶  THE COMING LEGAL RECKONING:

IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE THE VICTIMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE MAKE THE WEST PAY http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/29/poorer-countries-climate-change-case

June 04, 2013 Terra Daily
CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS EXTINCTION FOR 82 PERCENT OF CALIFORNIA NATIVE FISH http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Climate_change_threatens_extinction_for_82_percent_of_California_native_fish_999.html

August 14, 2012 Science Daily
STUDY DEMONSTRATES THAT ONE EXTINCTION LEADS TO ANOTHER  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120814213500.htm?+Animals+News+--+Nature%29

New Scientists, December 11, 2013
▶  BATS MAY STRUGGLE TO HUNT IN WARMER WORLD: Some bats will find it harder to hunt in a warmer world, says the first study of how echolocation will be affected by climate change... http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24737-bats-may-struggle-to-hunt-in-warmer-world.html#.Uqk3D_ZQ1K4

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December 9, 2012 60 Minutes CBS News
VIDEO REPORT:

THE RACE TO SAVE THE TORTOISE AND TURTLE http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50136708n&tag=api

ARCTIC OCEAN 'ACIDIFYING RAPIDLY - HIGHEST LEVELS IN 55 MILLION YEARS - ARCTIC ICE-FREE IN TWO YEARS http://sco.lt/6qm61h

WHAT MAKES AN ECOSYSTEM ENDANGERED? IUCN'S "RED LIST" CRITERIA http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/iucn-red-list-criteria-endangered-ecosystem_n_3244326.html

KEYSTONE SPECIES LOSS COULD CAUSE ECOSYSTEM TO COLLAPSE http://news.msn.com/science-technology/keystone-species-loss-could-cause-ecosystem-to-collapse

REPORT: CLIMATE CHANGE HAS ALREADY BROUGHT CATASTROPHE TO US WILDLIFE http://sco.lt/5TDIAL

                                                  LOVELY WATCH
                                "THE MAGIC OF THE SNOWY OWL"
                                                    PBS Nature
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/magic-of-the-snowy-owl/preview/7833/

WHY CHOOSING NATURE WILL ONLY ADVANCE HUMAN SOCIETIES http://sco.lt/8BIJP7

The Ecologist

THICH NHAT HANH: MAYBE IN 100 YEARS THERE WILL BE NO MORE HUMANS ON THE PLANET http://sco.lt/7fkZ3B

GLOBAL WARMING IS HERE TO STAY, WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT http://sco.lt/6Na6zJ

PLANET PASSES DAILY  400 PPM CO2 MILETONE -  MARCH TOWARD DISASTER http://sco.lt/8pMIe9

April 1, 2013 Huffington Post
NASA's DR. JAMES HANSEN: DOUBLING DOWN ON OUR FAUSTIAN BARGAIN http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-james-hansen/doubling-down-on-our-faustian-bargain_b_2989535.html/dr-james-hansen/doubling-down-on-our-faustian-bargain_b_2989535.html

April 30, 2013 Scientific American
3,000 YEARS OF ABUSING EARTH ON A GLOBAL SCALE http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=humans-had-global-impacts-thousands-of-years-ago

May 23, 2013 Common Dreams

TERRACIDE: THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - Destroying Our Planet For Record Profits http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/23-4

THE CURSE OF PETROLEUM, CHEMICAL-BASED FERTILIZERS http://sco.lt/4iAdaz

PESTICIDE/CHEMICAL REGULATION OVERHAUL NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/5oplFx

- ▶  LIVING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: TOWARD A NEW GLOBAL ETHOS  http://sco.lt/6mZspd

BUILDING THE NEW ARCHITECTURE OF THE ECOLOGICAL COMMONS http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/building-the-new-architecture-of-the-ecological-commons/

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VIDEO REPORT Democracy Now May 13, 2013
"The Hockey Stick & the Climate Wars", Prof. Michael Mann

CLIMATE TIPPING POINT? CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TOPS 400 PPM FOR FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/13/climate_tipping_point_concentration_of_carbon

12 MOST AMAZING TIME-LAPSE VIDEOS OF STARS, LANDSCAPES AND URBAN SCENES http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/natural-sciences/12-most-amazing-time-lapse-videos-stars-landscapes-and-urban-scenes/page/2/#slide-top

 AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/

HOW BIODIVERSITY COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE http://sco.lt/90Sr2n

OUR OCEANS NEED US http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us

FRACKING OURSELVES INTO OBLIVION http://sco.lt/8mKlIP

TAR SANDS OIL EXTRACTION - THE DIRTIEST OIL ON EARTH

+++WATCH:

"THE DIRTY TRUTH"  http://sco.lt/6OpdeT

MORE ON EXTINCTION http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=EXTINCTION