Blogging the End of the World™
By SCOTT STREATER, SPECIAL TO E&E, Greenwire Dust storms accelerated by a warming climate have covered the Rocky Mountains with dirt whose heat-trapping properties have caused snowpacks to melt weeks earlier than normal, worrying officials in Colorado about drastic water shortages by late summer. Snowpacks from the San Juan Mountains to the Front Range have […]
By David Derbyshire Chemicals in food, cosmetics and cleaning products are ‘feminising’ unborn boys and raising their risk of cancer and infertility later in life, an expert warns today. Professor Richard Sharpe, one of Britain’s leading reproductive biologists, says everyday substances are linked to soaring rates of birth defects and testicular cancer, and to falling […]
Abandoned factories. Foreclosed homes. Crime. Poverty. Unemployment. Endless gridlock. The richest country in the world has it all in spades. In some places, you may not notice it too much. Conversely, some cities have taken on more than their fair share of misery. There are plenty of lists out there like “cities with worst unemployment” […]
From Calculated Risk: This graph shows Capacity Utilization. This series is at another record low (the series starts in 1967). In addition to the weakness in industrial production, there is little reason for investment in new production facilities until capacity utilization recovers. … Industrial Production Declines, now 16% Below Peak Technorati Tags: financial collapse
MANADO, Indonesia (AFP) — The destruction of the world’s oceans due to climate change and overuse is a “life and death issue” for humanity, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Thursday. “We must come to the rescue of the oceans. We must save them from the ravages of abuse and over-exploitation by humankind, from the […]
In this year’s updated IUCN Red List on birds, six species were down-listed from Critically Endangered to Endangered, but eight species were up-listed to Critically Endangered, leading to the highest number of Critically Endangered birds ever on the list. In all 1,227 bird species (12 percent) are currently considered threatened with global extinction. … Updated […]
From Calculated Risk: The first graph shows weekly claims and continued claims since 1971. The four-week moving average is at 630,500, off 28,250 from the peak 5 weeks ago. Continued claims are now at 6.56 million – an all time record. … Unemployment Claims: Continued Claims Surge Past 6.5 Million Technorati Tags: financial collapse
By Lucy Williamson BBC News, Manado, Indonesia The world’s most important coral region is in danger of being wiped out by the end of this century unless fast action is taken, says a new report. The international conservation group WWF warns that 40% of reefs in the Coral Triangle have already been lost. The area […]
By Jeremy Hance A few weeks into the bluefin tuna fishing season and Turkey has decided to go it alone. Breaking international agreements, the Turkish government has announced that it will ignore agreed-upon bluefin tuna quotas. The news is not good for the survival of the critically-endangered fish species, since Turkey operates the largest Mediterranean […]
By Catherine Brahic Millions of frogs are shifted around the world each year for sale as pets and food. Now research shows, for the first time, that this global trade is spreading two severe diseases – one of which is blamed for driving amphibians towards extinction. Last year the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) […]
