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Sixth Mass Extinction

Look around. The world seems so normal. Yet we are in the middle of the sixth mass extinction in the history of the planet. And we are causing it.

Biodiversity Vital To Streams As Extinctions Rise
April 7, 2011. Reuters / Planet Ark.

Are We Causing a Mass Extinction in Our Oceans?
July 29, 2010. Christian Science Monitor.

Ecosystems at "Tipping Point" - U.N. Report
May 10, 2010. CNN.

Coral Reefs Face Extinction Within Century
March 26, 2010. CBS News.

Ecosystems in Rivers and Lakes Are Collapsing
October 11, 2009. The Guardian.

Carbon emissions creating acidic oceans not seen since dinosaurs
March 10, 2009. The Guardian.

World Is Undergoing Mass Extinction
October 21, 2008. UPI.

Earth Faces Catastrophic Loss of Species
July 20, 2006. Independent.

Warning Sounded on Decline of Species
March 19, 2004. The Guardian

Wake-Up Call on Extinction Wave
May 19, 2003. BBC News.

Scientists Agree the World Faces Mass Extinction
August 23, 2002. CNN.

Dying Seas Threaten Extinction, Spelling Doom For Everything From Zooplankton to Dolphins
December 2, 2001. The Observer.

The Sixth Extinction
Niles Eldridge, ActionBioScience

Climate Change

Don't let the ideologues and the corporations fool you. Climate change is real, and its going to be bad. It is the greatest issue of our time. Here are some websites that provide reliable information.

INFORMATION ON GLOBAL WARMING
AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change is probably the greatest issue of our time -- and for the foreseeable future. There is a lot of information -- and misinformation -- available about this topic. Here are some websites that provide reliable information. The most important source is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Two of their reports have been published, with more coming later this year.

REPORTS
Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Key Questions – Summary

Forecast Earth (The Weather Channel)

*IPCC Reports -- The most comprehensive assessment*

Stern Review – The Economics of Climate Change and Executive Summary

SCIENTIFIC WEBSITES ON CLIMATE CHANGE

American Association for the Advancement of Science

EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) climate change website

*Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)*

National Climatic Data Center (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Union of Concerned Scientists

INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES & AGREEMENTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Kyoto Protocol (1997)

United Nations Resolution on Protection of Global Climate for Present and Future Generations of Mankind (1988)

United Nations Climate Change Conference - Nairobi 2006

United Nations Environment Programme

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
National Wildlife Federation global warming website

Nature Conservancy climate change website

Sierra Club global warming website

U.S. Climate Action Partnership (Partnership of corporations and environmental groups

World Wildlife Fund climate change website

CLIMATE CHANGE AND WISCONSIN
EPA Environmental Atlas and Resource Book: Great Lakes (large book)

EPA - Climate Change and Wisconsin

Union of Concerned Scientists - Great Lakes and Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists – Wisconsin and Climate Change

State of the Environment

One of the most important questions in environmental studies is: How bad is it? Here are some major publications that give broad and detailed assessment of where we are and where we are going.

GENERAL ASSESSMENTS

Atlas of the Biosphere

Eye on Earth (updates from Worldwatch Institute)

Global Earth Observations System of Systems: Taking the Pulse of the Planet (NOAA)

Global Environment Outlook (U.N. Environmental Programme)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Living Plant Report (World Wildlife Fund)

World Clock

World Conservation Monitoring Center (U.N. Environmental Programme)

World Resources Report (World Resources Institute)

SPECIFIC ISSUES

Global warming and climate change