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A new report, America’s Hottest Species, highlights a variety of American wildlife that are currently threatened by climate change from a small bird to a coral reef to the world’s largest marine turtle. "Global warming is like a bulldozer shoving species, already on the brink of extinction, perilously closer to the edge of existence," said Leda Huta, executive director of the Endangered Species Coalition which produced the report. "Polar bears, lynx, salmon, coral and many other endangered species are already feeling the heat." | A new report, America’s Hottest Species, highlights a variety of American wildlife that are currently threatened by climate change from a small bird to a coral reef to the world’s largest marine turtle. "Global warming is like a bulldozer shoving species, already on the brink of extinction, perilously closer to the edge of existence," said Leda Huta, executive director of the Endangered Species Coalition which produced the report. "Polar bears, lynx, salmon, coral and many other endangered species are already feeling the heat." | ||
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Revision as of 22:31, 12 January 2010
Center for Biological Diversity
Wildlife Conservation Society's, State of the Wild is a collection of evocative essays featuring emerging issues in the conservation of wildlife and wild places. current is 2008, we own 2006 S&E Stacks QL82 .S738 2005
"Planet of Weeds" by David Quammen
The End of the Wild By Stephen M. Meyer
Nature Out of Place By Jason Van Driesche on invasive species.
Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. H2G2 website. The BBC is doing a new version with Stephen Frye; its website which may have some of the media from the original series.
A new report, America’s Hottest Species, highlights a variety of American wildlife that are currently threatened by climate change from a small bird to a coral reef to the world’s largest marine turtle. "Global warming is like a bulldozer shoving species, already on the brink of extinction, perilously closer to the edge of existence," said Leda Huta, executive director of the Endangered Species Coalition which produced the report. "Polar bears, lynx, salmon, coral and many other endangered species are already feeling the heat." More
Mass Extinction website (extensive list of popular articles).
Contents
Video
E.O Wilson TEDtalk video is working on an Encyclopedia of Life
Will Wright, creator of SimCity will soon release Spore, a game for investigating complexity TEDtalk video.
Peter Ward argues that most of Earth's mass extinctions were caused by lowly bacteria. The culprit, a poison called hydrogen sulfide, may have an interesting application in medicine. TEDtalk video.
Adam Savage talks about his fascination with the dodo bird, and how it led him on a strange and surprising double quest. the host of "MythBusters" on the Discovery Channel, is a longtime special-effects artist and a minor obsessive.
Plants
Six Ways Mushrooms can save the world (TEDtalk video)
Animals
A Gap in Nature Author Tim Flannery on extinction (see link to audio interview)
Never Cry Wolf : Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves Farley Mowat
Diane Ackerman The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds
Invasive Species
Asian Carp in Great Lakes goes to the Supreme Court
See also Wildlife
Articles in category "Bio-diversity"
The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
