1:4 of Freshwater Animals Are Threatened with Extinction 0125.rtf
Alarm Call as World's Trees Slide towards Extinction 1024.rtf
Rising Seas Wiped Out an Entire US Species for 1st time. It’s a Harbinger. 0724.rtf
1 in 5 Migratory Animal Species Faces Extinction - UN 0224.rtf
1:4 of Freshwater Fish Are at Risk of Extinction 1223.rtf
Nearly 1:2 of the World’s Flowering Plants Face Extinction Threat 1223.rtf
‘Biodiversity Catastrophe’ - How Earth Could Look in 2050, unless We Act Now 1123.rtf
This Moss Survived 165 Million Years. Climate Change Is Killing It. 0823.rtf
Earlier Springtimes Are Driving Some Birds to Extinction 0723.rtf
Global Wildlife Loss Is ‘Significantly More Alarming’ than Previously Thought 0523.rtf
The Business Case for Reversing Extinction 0323.rtf - Begin with pollination services required for most of our fruit and vegetables. Bees, the #1 pollinators are having great problems.
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Extreme Heat Could Put 40% of Land Vertebrates in Peril by 2100 - 0123.rtf
Bee Extinction Worries Grow as Species Numbers Drop 0121.rtf
Earth Is in the Midst of the 6th Mass Extinction, Wildlife Running Out of Places to Live 0123.rtf
Madagascar’s Unique Wildlife Faces Imminent Wave of Extinction 0123.rtf
Koalas Could Be Extinct within 30 Years, but Might Survive in Blue Mountains 1222.rtf
More than 5,000 Wild Species (10%) Are at Some Risk of Extinction in Canada 1122.rtf
65% of Antarctica’s Plants & Animals Could Disappear, including Its Penguins 1222.rtf
Climate Change Threatens Emperor Penguins with Extinction 1022.rtf
Nearly All Marine Species Face Extinction if Carbon Emissions Don’t Drop 0822.rtf
Up to 1 in 6 U.S. Tree Species Is Threatened with Extinction 0822.rtf
Climate Endgame - Risk of Human Extinction ‘Dangerously Under-Explored’ 0822.rtf
As Animal Seed Dispersers Go the Way of the Dodo, Forest Plants Are at Risk 0422.rtf
Ocean Animals Face a Mass Extinction from Climate Change 0422.rtf
Climate Change Is on Track to Wipe Out Most Ocean Life 0422.rtf
What to Expect from the World’s 6th Mass Extinction 0122.rtf - more pandemics, declines of pollinators & soil microorganisms, and, with vthem, food
1 in 5 of Europe’s Bird Species Slipping towards Extinction 1021.rtf
Virtually All Emperor Penguin Colonies Doomed for Extinction by 2100 0821.rtf
Climate Change Could Drive Komodo Dragons to Extinction 0321.rtf
Almost 1:4 of All Freshwater Fish Species Are in Peril, Thanks to Humans 0221.rtf
Science Warns World of ‘Ghastly’ Future Ahead 0121.rtf
Top Scientists Warn of 'Ghastly Future of Mass Extinction', Climate Disruption 0121.rtf
40% of World’s Plant Species at Risk of Extinction 0920.rtf
A ‘Crossroads’ for Humanity - Earth’s Biodiversity Is Still Collapsing 0920.rtf
Most Polar Bears to Disappear by 2100, Study Predicts 0720.rtf
Mass Extinctions Are Accelerating, Scientists Report 0620.rtf - 543 known extinctions in the last 2 decades. That’s 100 times the background rate. 515 more terrestrial species, or 1.7%,half with populations under 250 individuals, are likely to go extinct in the next 2 decades.
As Ice Melts, Emperor Penguins March toward Extinction 0520.rtf
Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’ 0420.rtf
Plant and Animal Species at Risk of Extinction 0320.rtf
With Temperatures Rising, Can Animals Survive the Heat Stress? 0320.rtf
1:3 of Plants and Animals Risk Mass Extinction in 50 Years 0220.rtf
Severe Drought, Other Climate Impacts Drive the Platypus toward Extinction 0220.rtf
Earth's Most Biodiverse Ecosystems Are Facing Collapse 0120.rtf - tropical forests and coral reefs
1:3 of Tropical Africa’s Plants Are at Risk of Extinction 1119.rtf
More than Half of Native European Trees Face Extinction 0919.rtf
What Are Mass Extinctions, and What Causes Them? 0919.rtf - 4 out of 5 were due to great CO2 outgassing from volcanic events (120,000 to 800,000 cubic miles of eruptions over millennia). The 5th, the most recent, was mostly by an asteroid. It wiped out 75-90% of species on Earth. 252 Mya was the worst, with the only great insect wipeout. 96% of marine species went extinct, sea surface temperatures were up to 104°F (40°C) 1.5 My later, and 76% of dissoved oxygen disappeared.
The Animals That Will Survive Climate Change 0819.rtf - reproduce often, non-specialized diets, smaller, mobile, tolerate heat, alter mating season, etc.
Climate Change Outruns Evolution 0719.rtf - Rate of climate change over next century will be ~10,000 times as fast as observed rate of species change over time.
Global Warming Is Pushing Pacific Salmon to the Brink of Extinction 0719.rtf
Ocean Carbon Tipping Process, Point, and Peril 0719.rtf
‘Frightening’ Number of Plant Extinctions Found in Global Survey 0619.rtf
Human Society under Urgent Threat from Loss of Earth's Natural Life 0519.rtf
1,200 Species across the World Face 'Almost Certain Extinction' 0319.rtf
1:3 of Arabian Gulf Marine Life Could Be Extinct by 2090 - 0219.rtf
Extinction Too May Be Far Worse than Thought 1218.rtf - cascades from keystone species
When History's Worst Climate Catastrophe Struck the World's Oceans 1218.rtf
Ancient African Mammal Extinctions Caused by Climate Change, Not Humans 1118.rtf
Climate Change Reduces Male Fertility, Could Help Drive Extinction 1118.rtf
Climate Change Is ‘Escalator to Extinction' for Mountain Birds 1018.rtf
Global Warming Is Pushing Alpine Animals to Mountain Peaks - and Extinction 0918.rtf
8 Bird Species Are 1st Confirmed Avian Extinctions This Decade 0918.rtf
Climate Change Could Kill Off Bees, Northwestern Study Finds 0618.rtf
1 in 5 British Mammals at Risk of Extinction 0618.rtf
Biomass Study Finds People Are Wiping Out Wild Mammals 0518.rtf
As Climate Change Takes Hold by 2050, Bees Will Be the 1st to Fall 0418.rtf
Climate Change Threatens 1,000s of Species in Our Lifetime 0318.rtf
Magma Burning Coal May Have Caused Earth’s Worst Mass Extinction 0318.rtf
World’s Great Forests Could Lose Half of All Wildlife as Planet Warms 0318.rtf
World's Worst-Ever Extinction Event ‘Caused by UV Radiation' 0218.rtf
Will Chocolate Be among the Foods That Go Extinct due to Climate Change? 0118.rtf - vrious foods, plus, bees decline
Trophy Hunting May Drive Extinctions, due to Climate Change 1117.rtf
High Marine Extinction Risk by 2100 - 1017.rtf
Earth May Be Close to 'Threshold of Catastrophe' 1017.rtf - rates of carbon additions now vs in previous extinctions
Climate Change May Represent “Existential" Threat to Humanity - Scripps 0917.rtf
Future of Oldest Tree Species on Earth in Peril 0917.rtf
Monarch Butterflies in Western U.S. Risk Extinction 0917.rtf
Climate Change Could Wipe Out 1:3 of Parasite Species 0917.rtf
Climate Change, Sewage, Fertilizers Could Trigger Mass Ocean Extinction 0817.rtf
Proposed Colombia Dam Threatens to Wipe Out Endangered Plants, Disrupt River 0717.rtf
Past Extinctions Point to a Current and Future Biodiversity Crisis 0717.rtf
6th Mass Extinction - the Era of ‘Biological Annihilation' 0717.rtf - current steep rates of habitat loss, population declines
Burning Fossil Fuels Almost Ended All Life on Earth 0717.rtf - closest analog of today, but we are changing climate 10 x faster. It is a tour thru the geological record of Earth’s greatest extinction “event” 250-252 million years ago. Magma then erupted to become the Siberian Traps, enough to cover the USA 1 km deep, THRU vast coal beds - the other fossil fuel event.
Warmer Climate Raises Extinction Risk 0617.rtf
Extinction Looming for Most of California’s Salmon and Trout 0517.rtf
Climate Change Plays a Role in Growing List of Species at Risk 0517.rtf
More than 1:4 of UK Birds Face Extinction Risk or Steep Decline 0417.rtf - turtle dove and Atlantic puffin included
1,000s of Tree Species Are at Risk of Extinction 0417.rtf
Half of the World's Species Could Become Extinct by 2050, Biologists Say 0217.rtf
Act Now, before 47% of Mammal and 24% of Bird Species Are Lost to Global Warming 0217.rtf
Surprising Number of Species Going Extinct in Their Usual Homes 1216.rtf
Climate Changing Too Fast for Species 1116.rtf
Butterflies Could Be About to We Wiped Out by Extreme Weather 1016.rtf
Global Warming Could Kill Off Good Bacteria, Hurting Ecosystems’ Achilles Heel 1016.rtf
The Biggest Animals in the Ocean Are More Likely to Go Extinct 0916.rtf
Warming Climate Expected to Squeeze Out Arctic Bird Habitat 0816.rtf
Mass Extinction Has a Tipping Point 0716.rtf - Ancient plankton communities began changing in important ways up to 400,000 years before massive die-offs ensued.
Over 1:3 of North American Bird Species in Danger of Extinction 0516.rtf - Ocean & tropical forest birds are threatened most.
The Quest to Protect Threatened Amphibian Species 0516.rtf - 1/3 of amphibian species threatened. 160 already disappeared.
1 in 5 of World's Plant Species at Risk of Extinction 0516.rtf
Climate vs. Primate - Dawn of Extinction? 0316.rtf
Dealing with Climate Change in Costa Rica's Monteverde Cloud Forest 0116.rtf
More than Half the Amazon Tree Species Are at Risk of Extinction 1115.rtf
Climate Change Means One World’s Death and Another’s Birth 0915.rtf
Changing Climate Could Even Oust the Oriole from Baltimore 0915.rtf
Global Extinction Rates - Why Do Estimates Vary So Wildly? 0815.rtf
Andes' Migrating Trees Are Moving towards Extinction 0815.rtf
During Mass Extinction, No Species Safe 0815.rtf
Abrupt Climate Change May Have Doomed Mammoths and Other Megafauna 0715.rtf
Humans Are Causing Catastrophic Ecosystem Shifts 0615.rtf
Earth is in the Midst of a Man-Made Extinction Event Not Seen for 65 Million Years 0615.rtf
1 in 6 of World's Species Faces Extinction from Climate Change 0415.rtf
Acidic Oceans Helped Fuel Greatest Extinction 0415.rtf
Did Climate Change Kill This Hoosier Butterfly? 0315.rtf
Mass Die-offs of Fish, Birds, Mammals Increasing 0115.rtf
Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says 0115.rtf
13 Species We Might Have to Say Goodbye to in 2015 - 0115.rtf
Earth Faces 6th ‘Great Extinction’ 1214.rtf
Animal Extinctions From Climate Rival End of Dinosaurs 1114.rtf
Growth, Global Warming Threaten African Species 0714.rtf
Warming Could Bring Snakes as long as Buses, Horses the Size of Cats 1113.rtf
Extinction Rates, Today vs History - May 0110.pdf
Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion Contributed to Greatest Extinction 1113.rtf
1:3 of Species Now Face Extinction 1109.rtf - of assessed species: 70% of plants, 21% of mammals, 12% of birds, 30% of amphibians, 37% of freshwater fish, 35% of invertebrates.
20% of Animal Species Slide to Extinction 1010.rtf
Fast-Moving Climate Zones Speed Extinction 0413.rtf
Ancient Extinction Has Ominous Lessons for Today 0313.rtf
Mass Extinction Forecast with 6°C Warming 0113.rtf
Ice Age Warmth Repeatedly Wiped Out Lemmings in Regions 1112.rtf
Extreme Global Warming Caused Largest Extinction Ever 1012.rtf
Antarctic Warming Plummets Krill, Penguin Populations 0411.rtf
Up to 50% to Go Extinct in 100 Years 0111.rtf
2°C Means 20% of Species Extinct 1209.rtf
Warming Drives Caribou to Extinction 1009.rtf
Warming Like Today's Caused Greatest Extinction 1108.rtf
Extinctions from Warming 0705.rtf
6th Great Extinction 0307.rtf - Climate has played a critical role in past fluctuations of biodiversity levels. Among the 5 recognized mass extinction events -- Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Triassic, and Cretaceous -- at least 4 are correlated to climate change…. "For the Permian, the greatest mass extinction on record, … global warming ... produced temperatures 1 – 30°C (18-54°F) higher than today. It wiped out 95% of ocean life forms and almost 75% of terrestrial species."
Dead Zones Warming Extinguished Most Species 180 Mya 0213.rtf
900 Tropical Bird Species Could Go Extinct by 2100 0312.rtf
Trophy Hunting May Drive Extinctions, due to Climate Change 1117
High Marine Extinction Risk by 2100 - 1017
Earth May Be Close to 'Threshold of Catastrophe’ 1017 - rates of carbon additions now vs in previous extinctions
Climate Change May Represent “Existential" Threat to Humanity - Scripps 0917
Future of Oldest Tree Species on Earth in Peril 0917
Monarch Butterflies in Western U.S. Risk Extinction 0917
Climate Change Could Wipe Out 1/3 of Parasite Species 0917
Climate Change, Sewage, Fertilizers Could Trigger Mass Ocean Extinction 0817
Proposed Colombia Dam Threatens to Wipe Out Endangered Plants, Disrupt River 0717
How Climate Change Strangled a Jurassic Ocean Ecosystem 0717
Past Extinctions Point to a Current and Future Biodiversity Crisis 0717
6th Mass Extinction - the Era of ‘Biological Annihilation’ 0717 - current steep rates of habitat loss, population declines
Burning Fossil Fuels Almost Ended All Life on Earth 0717 - closest analog of today, but we are changing climate 10 x faster. It is a tour thru the geological record of Earth’s greatest extinction “event” 250-252 million years ago. Magma then erupted to become the Siberian Traps, enough to cover the USA 1 km deep, THRU vast coal beds - the other fossil fuel event.
Warmer Climate Raises Extinction Risk 0617
Extinction Looming for Most of California’s Salmon and Trout 0517
Climate Change Plays a Role in Growing List of Species at Risk 0517
More than 1/4 of UK Birds Face Extinction Risk or Steep Decline 0417 - turtle dove and Atlantic puffin included
1,000s of Tree Species Are at Risk of Extinction 0417
Half of the World's Species Could Become Extinct by 2050, Biologists Say 0217
Act Now, before 47% of Mammal and 24% of Bird Species Are Lost to Global Warming 0217
Surprising Number of Species Going Extinct in Their Usual Homes 1216
Climate Changing Too Fast for Species 1116
Butterflies Could Be About to We Wiped Out by Extreme Weather 1016
Global Warming Could Kill Off Good Bacteria, Hurting Ecosystems’ Achilles Heel 1016
The Biggest Animals in the Ocean Are More Likely to Go Extinct 0916
Warming Climate Expected to Squeeze Out Arctic Bird Habitat 0816
Mass Extinction Has a Tipping Point 0716 - Ancient plankton communities began changing in important ways up to 400,000 years before massive die-offs ensued.
Over 1/3 of North American Bird Species in Danger of Extinction 0516 - Ocean & tropical forest birds are threatened most.
The Quest to Protect Threatened Amphibian Species 0516 1/3 of amphibian species threatened. 160 already disappeared.
1 in 5 of World's Plant Species at Risk of Extinction 0516
Climate vs. Primate - Dawn of Extinction? 0316
Dealing with Climate Change in Costa Rica's Monteverde Cloud Forest 0116
More than Half the Amazon Tree Species Are at Risk of Extinction 1115
Climate Change Means One World’s Death and Another’s Birth 0915
Changing Climate Could Even Oust the Oriole from Baltimore 0915
Global Extinction Rates - Why Do Estimates Vary So Wildly? 0815
Andes' Migrating Trees Are Moving towards Extinction 0815
During Mass Extinction, No Species Safe 0815
Abrupt Climate Change May Have Doomed Mammoths and Other Megafauna 0715
Humans Are Causing Catastrophic Ecosystem Shifts 0615
1 in 6 of World's Species Faces Extinction from Climate Change 0415
Acidic Oceans Helped Fuel Greatest Extinction 0415
Did Climate Change Kill This Hoosier Butterfly? 0315
Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says 0115
Mass Die-offs of Fish, Birds, Mammals Increasing 0115
13 Species We Might Have to Say Goodbye to in 2015 - 0115
Earth Faces 6th ‘Great Extinction’ 1214
Animal Extinctions From Climate Rival End of Dinosaurs 1114
Growth, Global Warming Threaten African Species 0714
Warming Could Bring Snakes as long as Buses, Horses the Size of Cats 1113
Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion Contributed to Greatest Extinction 1113
82% of California Native Fish Risk Extinction 0513
Fast-Moving Climate Zones Speed Extinction 0413
Ancient Extinction Has Ominous Lessons for Today 0313
Dead Zones Warming Extinguished Most Species 180 Mya 0213
Mass Extinction Forecast with 6°C Warming 0113
Ice Age Warmth Repeatedly Wiped Out Local Lemmings 1112
Extreme Global Warming Caused Largest Extinction Ever 1012
900 Tropical Bird Species Could Go Extinct by 2100 0312
Antarctic Warming Plummets Krill, Penguin Populations 0411
Up to 50% to Go Extinct in 100 Years 0111
20% of Animal Species Slide to Extinction 1010
1/5 of Plants Near Extinction 0910
Warming Drives Lizards to Extinction 0510
2°C Warming Means 20% of Species Extinct 1209
1/3 of Species Now Face Extinction, Take 1 - 1109 - of assessed species: 70% of plants, 21% of mammals, 12% of birds, 30% of amphibians, 37% of freshwater fish, 35% of invertebrates.
Over 1/3 of Species Assessed Face Extinction, Take 2 - 1109
Warming Drives Caribou to Extinction 1009
Warming Like Today's Caused Greatest Extinction 1108
6th Great Extinction 0307 Climate has played a critical role in past fluctuations of biodiversity levels. Among the 5 recognized mass extinction events -- Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Triassic, and Cretaceous -- at least 4 are correlated to climate change…. "For the Permian, the greatest mass extinction on record, … global warming ... produced temperatures 1 – 30°C (18-54°F) higher than today. It wiped out 95% of ocean life forms and almost 75% of terrestrial species."
Extinction Rates, Today vs History - May 0110.pdf
Graph at below is from page 4
"Species extinction rates, expressed as extinctions per 1,000 species per 1,000 years. The fossil record tells us that, in the distant past, less than one mammal went extinct every 1,000 years. In the recent past, the number of extinctions has increased 3 orders of magnitude higher than that of the fossil records."
That is, mammal extinction rates are hundreds of times (200-500 x) background rates.
Extinctions from Warming 0705.rtf
Only 3 of the 21 large animal species found around San Diego near the end of the most recent ice age are still found there.
5 more are still found elsewhere.
But 62% are now extinct, in only about 10,000 years.
(Signs from San Diego Zoo)
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