Extinction Cruise

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Extinction Rates Could Be 10 Times Worse Than We Thought

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Dec 27, 2018 Yet again, researchers confirm that climate change threatens the natural world with a soaring extinction toll. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Warming Climate Is Driving Species Loss

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Jul 29, 2018 British researchers study 481 species across the globe to find out how climate change and land-use change interact to affect mammals and birds. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Change May Knock Seafood Off the Menu

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jul 8, 2015 Researchers warn of a serious threat to fish, mussels and other marine species as carbon dioxide acidifies the world’s waters and increases temperatures. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Global Warming Is Accelerating Loss of Species

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jun 25, 2015 Human-induced climate change adds to threats vertebrates face from hunting and habitat loss, as researchers warn that modern extinction rates are exceptionally high. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Professors Plead With Greens to Accept Nuclear Power

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Dec 26, 2014 Academics argue that nuclear power is essential to save the planet from climate change, but critics say they seem to have forgotten the danger of a nuclear winter. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Amazon of U.K.’ Being Destroyed for Grouse Shooting

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Oct 6, 2014 Managing moorlands so that more birds can be reared for lucrative shooting parties is adding to climate change by destroying layers of peat and releasing large quantities of stored carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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 )

Insects Get Light Relief From Warming

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 31, 2014 As European summers get warmer, research reveals that lighter-colored insects are thriving -- while milder winters in the Southern Hemisphere are restricting the growth of some shrubs and trees. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Brazil Beef Tax Could Spare Forests

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 11, 2014 Scientists have come up with a prescription of taxes and incentives to address the Amazon rainforest’s health problems and cut greenhouse gases by encouraging Brazil's cattle farmers to make more efficient use of pasture land. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Early Springs Surprise Many Species

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Apr 8, 2014 Several species are struggling to adapt to the increasingly early advent of spring, and some are finding it beyond them. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Global Warming on the Move

Staff / Truthdig Dec 26, 2009 A new study says that global warming is on the move at the pace of a quarter of a mile each year, a seemingly minor shift that could have major consequences for plant and animal species that cannot easily adapt to rising temperatures. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )