An urgent call to protect biodiversity
Tags: EXTINCTION (Biology); PLANT species; ANIMAL species
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- Disappearing Act. // Birds (9781590361115);2004, p22
The article focuses on the extinction of nearly half of the world's animal and plant species at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Some scientists believed that their extinction was due to the cold climate. Other scientists conceived that a huge meteorite crashed into Earth and cast tons of dust...
- Inequality and Extinction. // Multinational Monitor;Mar/Apr2007, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p51
The article reports on the results of a research conducted by the scientists at Montreal's McGill University. The research focused on the relationship between income quality and diversity loss. According to Greg Mikkelson, the study suggests that if only people learn to share economic resources...
- Biodiversity in Jeopardy. Goulding, Michael; Forsyth, Adrian // American Prospect;Sep2007, Vol. 18 Issue 9, pA8
The article highlights the various threats facing the biodiversity in the Amazonian rainforests. Most anthropologists have claimed that the great diversity within the Amazon Basin is the outcome of human-caused forest fragmentation that resulted to genetic isolation and the evolution of new...
- Climate Threatens Mass Extinctions. // Futurist;Jul/Aug2004, Vol. 38 Issue 4, p7
Discusses the threat of extinction posed by worldwide climate changes on plant and animal species. Solution to the extinction threat of climate changes; Change in the global annual surface temperatures during the twentieth century; Regions and species that will be affected by the climate changes.
- Facing Extinction: 9 Steps to Save Biodiversity. Roman, Joe; Ehrlich, Paul R.; Pringle, Robert M.; Avise, John C. // Solutions: For a Sustainable & Desirable Future;Jan/Feb2010, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p50
The article presents nine steps to reduce biodiversity loss in the U.S. and also claims that human-caused extinctions is wrong and unacceptable to society. These steps include developing a system of parks that highlight the planet's biological legacy. It also says that legal prohibitions should...
- The Last Extinction? Myers, Norman; Pimm, Stuart // Foreign Policy;Mar/Apr2003, Issue 135, p28
Reports the extinctions of many of the species of the planet. Projection that half of the species could vanish by the end of the 21st century; Estimation of the number of plant and animal species on Earth; Map which shows the distribution of plants and animals; Chart that displays the rate of...
- It's Too Late. // Endangered Species Handbook;2005, Special section p1
Information on extinction of plants and animals taken from a chapter of the book "Endangered Species Handbook" is presented. The chapter notes that about 375 species of invertebrates and 291 species of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians have gone extinct. It asserts that about 5,050 taxa of...
- Plants' extinction rate higher than previously thought. // American Nurseryman;10/15/2002, Vol. 196 Issue 8, p14
Reports the increasing extinction rate of California plants. Effects of habitat loss on species extinction rate; Percentage of biodiversity; Measurement of the extinction rate.
- Of Pandas and Peas. Fowler, Cary // Issues;Dec2010, Issue 93, p4
The article discusses the capacity of animals and plants, from wild to domesticated species, to adapt successfully with climate change. It examines the vital role played by intra-species biodiversity on the survival of other creations. It explores the impact of climate change on several species...
