THE ECONOMICS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY <http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/economics/index_en.htm> At the meeting of the environment ministers of the G8 countries and the five major newly industrialising countries that took place in Potsdam in March 2007, the German government proposed a study on ‘The economic significance of the global loss of biological diversity’… Continue reading
Biodiversity advocates have struggled to sound alarms about the accelerating rate of species extinction UN set for IPCC-type panel on biodiversity BONN, Germany (AFP) – UN members took a key step here Thursday towards creating a paramount scientific panel on biodiversity similar to the Nobel-winning group that helped drive climate… Continue reading
Question: If the following is true, should we then expect an increase of species diversity at the high altitudes (mountain peaks) and high latitudes ( the poles)? Partial answer? : In the past couple weeks, I posted info here which indicates an increased diversity already showing up on and near… Continue reading
———————————————————————- “When the ice sheets became unstable, they collapsed, releasing pressure on the clathrates. The clathrates then began to de-gas.” “‘… an abrupt and catastrophic global warming …” “Uncovering the methane reservoir could potentially warm the Earth tens of degrees, he said, and the mechanism could be very rapid.” “The… Continue reading