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oceans,
wetlands & marine life Dying
Oceans (general)
A Millennia of Marine Destruction The journal Science
recently documented 19 researchers who have found significant proof that
marine destruction by man, even from thousands of years in the past has
contributed to today's crisis in coastal ecology World Coral Reefs Wiped Out by 2050 The British Association
for the Advancement of Science conference were recently told that nearly
all the world's coral reefs will be dead in 50 years China named named as the culprit for distorting figures on world fish stocks. World fish numbers now believed to be much lower than previously thought. ...more Polar bears facing extinction The ice covering
the arctic ocean has reduced by 40% in the past 40 years. Polar bears
are now under increasing threat as warming is set to continue Time is Running Out for Sea Life - Ongoing report updates Quantities of fish
and sea mammals continue to decline at an alarming rate
Global Extinction Threat to Amphibians A new form of fungus
could partly explain the dramatic decline in all amphibian species throughout
the world... PLUS Common weedkiller is changing the gender of frogs
The World's Oceans are Dying ... act now! It
was once said that the only man-created structure you could see from space
was the Great Wall of China. Now all that has changed. Today, from the
International Space Station, you will be able to spot at least two man-made
disasters. A shrunken, dry Aral Sea full of toxins. And thousands of square
miles of dead coral across The Great Barrier Reef. Could the GGL help
to stop this? Read
our report on the seal hunts and help stop seal hunting by visiting organisations
at the end of the story. |
Oil Spills: Exon Valdez - Erica - Prestige Brief reports and updates on a selection
of the worst oil tanker spills in recent history. Oceans Clogged By Invisible Pollution Besides
overfishing, microscopic litter is also to blame for the decline in ocean
life.
The Aral Sea Story (plus the Black Sea and The Dead Sea)... The
Aral Sea story and other inland sea news updates
Iraq - The Fertile Crescent... Whichever
way Iraq finally settles towards a new-found peaceful existence, it is
hoped that urgent attention is taken to restore a huge area of land that
has been subject to one of the world's worst and deliberate environmental
disasters. Welcome Home Ratty - Water Vole Update During the UK summer
of 2001 we reported on the release of several hundred water voles into
safe wild areas in an atempt to re-generate the population.
Dolphins
Being Killed by Fishing Nets off British Coast
In January 2003 alone,
nearly 200 dolphins were washed up dead on the south-west coast of Britain Evidence Found that Sonar is Killing Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises. Spanish scientists
have found new evidence showing that mammals are dying from decompression The London Whale - A symbol of a dying planet. Plus International Whaling Commission Meeting Updates. Japan say that whales
compete with humans for fish as excuse to continue whaling Did we really listen to the dying song of the London whale? To understand that it had sent us a simple message ... "Stop killing our planet". ...more |
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