3-4 Degrees Celsius: Looking Grim Humans could escape in scenarios where only 10 to 20 percent of species go extinct. We would likely be reduced in number but plausibly still do OK at a 30 percent extinction rate. But as the evidence points toward “up to 50 percent” extinction rate,… Continue reading
Hurricane Gustav & the Houma Nation Please view this newsletter online at: http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/tools/view_newsletter.php?newsletter_id=1409724525 The Indigenous Environmental Network – PO Box 485 – Bemidji – MN – 56619 ————————————————————————————– Continue reading
CLIMATE AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS Cut greenhouse gases to save coral reefs: scientists http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN2645452820080827 Protection zones not helping reefs, study finds http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSLQ60854620080827 ———————————————————————————— Continue reading
CLIMATE, WEATHER, SEA ICE Sea Ice at 2nd Lowest Level; Polar Bears in Open Water; Fay Floods FLA; Glacier Melting in Greenland http://www.commondreams.org/news-2008/0826-31800.htm Arctic ice melt seen as ‘tipping point’ in global warming http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/printDS/254885 ————————————————————————— Continue reading