Every year deforestation, CO2 emmissions, and industrial waste cause more and more species to face endangerment.
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- Dr. John Maszka
- Dr. Maszka is a Terrorism Scholar and Professor of International Relations.He is the author of Terrorism and the Bush Doctrine, Constructive Sovereignty: A New International Relations Theory for an Old Problem, and Al Shabaab and Boko Haram: Guerrilla Insurgency or Strategic Terrorism. John most recent release is Washington's Dark Secret: The Real Truth About Terrorism and Islamic Extremism.
"There is overwhelming consensus that the threat is real, that humans are at least part of the cause, and that something must be done.”
ReplyDelete-Miles Obrien, CNN 2005
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) surveyed a total of 47,677 animals and plants for this year's "Red List" of endangered species, determining that 17,291 of them are threatened with extinction. More than one in five of all known mammals, over a quarter of reptiles and 70 percent of plants are under threat, according to the survey, which featured over 2,800 new species compared with 2008.
ReplyDeleteThe IPCC Fourth Assessment report finds that it is “very likely” that emissions of heat-trapping gases from human activities have caused “most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century.”
ReplyDeleteThe United States alone produces 25% of carbon gasses. It won't be long before bears are endangered
ReplyDeletehttp://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=82445&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=EnvironmentUK
If this list of endangered species doesn't blow your mind, you must be a republican!
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It's not just the animals, (as though that weren't bad enough) it's also what global warming is doing to crop production. For instance, wheat inventories (which make up about 1/5 of global consumption are at record lows and threatening to continue to drop. Basic economics advises us that obviously, as supply drops, demand and price increases. What does this mean for the poor? Something to think about as we're feuling up our SUVs.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Malthus was right after all.
ReplyDeleteGlobal warming is a problem, no doubt. But poor distribution is responsible for at least some of the problem. Don't you think?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. Poor distribution (basically human greed) exacerbates the food shortage problem. The latest statistics I saw suggested that we produce enough grain right here in America to feed the world's population a few times over. However the surplus is shrinking. Of course, none of this speaks to the growing endangered species issue or any of the other troublesome consequences of global warming.
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