Empirical evidence raises climate-induced extinction risk for 2100 from 10 to 14 percent

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Extrapolation of witnessed species decline shows mean biodiversity loss predictions under continued climate change within the 21st century may be on the conservative side.

Oceans to enter Holocene Mass Extinction

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

The cumulative effect of environmental threats like climate change, ocean acidification and overfishing, brings the world’s interconnected ocean close to a phase of extinction of marine species that is ‘globally significant’ and unprecedented in human history, an international panel of … Continue reading →

Flower biodiversity linked to CCD – bees on fast food are unhealthy, susceptible to pests

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Just recently Colony Collapse Disorder was back in the news. Swiss scientists conducted an experiment to look into claims (even) cell phones may have something to do with CCD. They concluded bees don´t like the buzz. Most specialists however agree … Continue reading →

Indo-Pacific coral reefs die at pH < 7.7

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

And already suffer biodiversity losses during the decline from pH 8.1 (preindustrial) to 7.8. That latest number is the expected acidification for the end of this century according to IPCC 4AR, a theoretical scenario and a dangerously often quoted underestimation … Continue reading →

2010 Amazon drought still visible from space

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

‘Insecticide imidacloprid not main cause of bee CCD’

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Sixth mass extinction underway: 75% of species could die out in next 300 years

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

The Earth is en route to its sixth mass extinction, say a group of paleobiologists in the latest edition of Nature.

Eastern cougar officially extinct

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Coral reefs threatened with extinction by 2050

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

1998: 58% coral reefs threatened 2011: 75% coral reefs threatened 2030: 90% coral reefs threatened 2050: 100% coral reefs threatened

‘No climate geoengineering affecting biodiversity’

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

The failure of Copenhagen brought the world on the geoengineering track. ‘Not so fast,’ says Nagoya, where 193 nations showed UN conferences can actually agree on environmental treaties.

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