Climate Helps to Halve World Wildlife in 40 Years

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Oct 3, 2014 Climate change is identified by conservation campaigners as increasingly implicated in the plight of many wild species, which they say have fallen by more than half since 1970. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Collapse of the Eighth Continent: Shangri-La Meets Global Capitalism

Susan Zakin / Truthdig Dec 20, 2013 Madagascar’s graceful society and unique natural wonders developed over thousands of years; it has taken less than a decade to put it all on life support. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Antarctic Fjord Life Puzzles Science

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Dec 14, 2013 The variety and extent of marine life found in the fjords of the warming Antarctic Peninsula is in stark contrast to the sparsely populated seas of the Arctic. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dirty Air Set to Become Biggest Environmental Killer

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2012 A new report predicts urban air pollution will become the No. 1 cause of premature death in the coming decades, beating out poor sanitation and dirty drinking water to take more than 3.5 million lives per year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Flower Heaven

Staff / Truthdig Jul 7, 2010 As much as one-third of all flowering plants face extinction at the hands of humans, according to new research -- and that's not even factoring in climate change. Such a die-off would have a devastating impact on the food chain. As one of the researchers put it, "if you get rid of [plants] you get rid of a lot of the things above them." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Richard Ellis on Dinosaurs

BLANK Dec 11, 2009 A revelatory new book by Scott D. Sampson, one of our leading dinosaur paleontologists, suggests we have much to learn about extinction, global warming and energy flow from the biological experience of the charismatic beasts that roamed the Earth more than 60 million years ago.Scott D. Sampson's revelatory new book suggests we have much to learn from the charismatic beasts that roamed the Earth more than 60 million years ago. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )