Mass Extinction

When an Elephant Falls in the African Bush

Robert Walker | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Family Planning, Global Warming, Mass Extinction, Animal Cloning, Population Growth, World Population, Animals Extinction, Green News

When South Korean scientists announce, as they did earlier this month, that they hope to clone a Woolly Mammoth, the world listens, but if poachers kill 200 elephants in the African bush, as they did recently in Cameroon, does anyone really care?

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New Hope for Some of America's Most Fascinating (and Imperiled) Species

Kieran Suckling | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Act, Extinction, Mass Extinction, Green News

A perfect natural laboratory, the Southeast is the world's center of aquatic biodiversity, with more species of freshwater mussels, snails and crayfish than anywhere else on Earth. Unfortunately, it's also been an epicenter of extinction.

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We've Entered the Age of Mass Extinction

Scott Thill | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Anthropocene, Peter Ward, Climate Change, Global Warming, Mass Extinction, Holocene, Paleontology, James Inhofe, Overpopulation, Heat Dome, Climate Change Denial, Nautilus, Green News

Mass extinction is finally fighting its way back into the news cycle, thanks to recently scary reports on climate change.

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'Earth Burp' May Have Caused Mass Extinction

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 09.20.2011

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Researchers seem to keep finding new ways that most of the planet's life could have gone extinct. Researchers at the Nordic Center for Earth Evolut...

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'Shocking' Oceans Report Warns Of Impending Mass Extinction

HuffingtonPost.com | Travis Donovan | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: State of Oceans, Ocean Extinction, Marine Extinction, State of the Oceans 2011, State of the Oceans, IPSO 2011 Report, IPSO Report, Our Oceans, Science, Climate Change, State of the Oceans 2011 Report, Mass Extinction, Green News

If the current actions contributing to a multifaceted degradation of the world's oceans aren't curbed, a mass extinction unlike anything human history...

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Should Scientists Recreate Extinct Species?

David Mizejewski | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Animal Oddities, National Wildlife Federation, Animal Planet, Woolly Mammoth, Extinction, Quagga, Mass Extinction, Green News

In light of the current global mass extinction crisis, should we try to bring back extinct species such as the quagga or the woolly mammoth?

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The Deal We Dare Not Turn Down: Save This Rainforest, or Trigger Our Destruction

Johann Hari | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Oil Rigs, Rising Sea Levels, Natural Resources, Rainforest, Ecuador, Biodiversity, Rafael Correa, Save the Rainforest, Digging for Oil, Oil Reserves, Global Warming, Mass Extinction, Green News

Ecuador's government says that if the rest of the world offers just half of what the oil beneath their rainforest is worth -- $3.5 billion -- they will keep the rainforest standing and alive and working for us all.

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Study: Next Great Mass Extinction May Have Already Begun

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scientists say the next mass extinction may already be under way. A new study, published in the most recent issue of the journal Nature states just t...

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Coal Fires May Have Caused Biggest Mass Extinction Ever

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.25.2011

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250 million years ago was not a fun time to live on earth. Studies now suggest that around this time, volcanic eruptions sparked coal fires that may h...

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U.S. Bumble Bees In Sharp Decline, Joining Trend Of Disappearing Species

The Huffington Post | Travis Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bee Decline, Species Disappearing, Species Loss, Species Decline, Animals, Bees Disappearing, Bees Loss, Nature, Environment, Endangered Species, Mass Extinction, Green News

North American bees are disappearing at a rapid rate, signaling a dire threat to the production of countless food sources. The Guardian reports that ...

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Scientist: Mass Extinction Happening Unlike Anything The World Has Seen Since Dinosaurs Disappeared

guardian.co.uk | John Vidal, Environment Editor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ahmed Djoghlaf, Climate Change, Un Environment Programme Report, Un Convention on Biological Diversity, Un Mass Extinction, UN Environment Programme, Mass Extinction Un, Mass Extinction, Green News

According to the UN Environment Programme, the Earth is in the midst of a mass extinction of life. Scientists estimate that 150-200 species of plant, ...

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Why Waxman-Markey Matters to the Oceans

Keith Addis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green, Extinction, Coral Reefs, Mass Extinction, Waxman-Markey, Green News

If we want to prevent the seven seas from becoming hot and sour soup, we need climate legislation now. At the moment, the Waxman-Markey bill is the best chance we've got.

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