Sunday, April 29, 2012

Living the Apocalypse



[Excerpt of quote from scientist who wrote study]: "'Our results suggest humans now exert a stronger influence on the abundance of reef sharks than either habitat quality or oceanographic factors,' the authors wrote..."

BBC: World's oceans in 'shocking' decline20 June 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13796479
 
Nature: Has the Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinction Already Arrived?Table 1: The ‘Big Five’ mass extinction events From Barnowsky et al., Nature 471, 51–57 (03 March 2011) doi:10.1038/nature09678 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v471/n7336/fig_tab/nature09678_T1.html

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