Blogging the End of the World™
The proportion of stocks estimated to be underexploited or moderately exploited declined from 40 percent in the mid-1970s to 15 percent in 2008. In contrast, the proportion of overexploited, depleted or recovering stocks increased from 10 percent in 1974 to 32 percent in 2008. The proportion of fully exploited stocks has remained relatively stable at […]
By Allan Dowd; editing by Rob WilsonVANCOUVER | Fri Feb 4, 2011 6:03pm EST (Reuters) – The amount of fish caught in the Arctic has been dramatically under-reported for decades, making the northern ocean environment appear far more pristine than it really is, according to a new study. An estimated 950,000 tonnes of fish were […]
Washington (AFP) Feb 3, 2011 – A survey of oyster habitats around the world released Thursday found that the succulent mollusks are disappearing fast and 85 percent of their reefs have been lost due to disease and over-harvesting. Most of the remaining wild oysters in the world, or about 75 percent, can be found in […]
By Kate SpinnerThursday, February 3, 2011 at 1:00 a.m. From a distance the toxic goo looks like oil, but up close it smells like rotten eggs and wiggles like jelly. Scientists have no idea what it is or how it wound up in the northern Gulf of Mexico, near Perdido Pass. Just off the Florida […]
By Roger Harrabin, Environment analyst, BBC News 4 February 2011 New research challenges the view that people would migrate to other nations as a result of climate change. The study by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) said people tended to stay in their own country. It added that people had been uprooted […]
3 February 2011, Rome – World food prices surged to a new historic peak in January, for the seventh consecutive month, according to the updated FAO Food Price Index, a commodity basket that regularly tracks monthly changes in global food prices. The Index averaged 231 points in January and was up 3.4 percent from December […]
[We have other reports of increases in fish populations following the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Desdemona has been assuming that the oil/dispersant mixture selectively removed predator species and, possibly, entire trophic levels from the ecosystem, allowing some prey species to reproduce with greatly reduced predation pressure. Time will tell.] By Gigi DoubanFebruary 4, 2011 Dauphin Island–Since […]
By Amanda Drury, CNBC News AnchorPublished: Friday, 4 Feb 2011 | 11:27 AM ET El Niño and La Niña have a lot to answer for. And we’re not talking about two naughty kids. Weather pattern El Niño brought Australia a crippling drought for nearly decade. La Niña has taken its place with decidedly strong and […]
© The Cairns PostFriday, February 4, 2011 TOWNSVILLE may have escaped the worst of cyclone Yasi, but now faces the prospect of running out of water. Townsville Mayor Les Tyrell has warned the city could run out of fresh drinking water after power was cut to the main water treatment plant. Cr Tyrell has pleaded […]
By Staff WritersFeb 3, 2011 Nairobi (AFP) Feb 3, 2011 – Drought in Somalia is threatening two million people, the vast majority living in zones controlled by radical Islamist insurgents where it is impossible to send aid, a UN official said Thursday. “Somalia hosts one of the largest populations of displaced people in the world,” […]
