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  • By Rakovi at 08/22/2010 - 23:18

The Holocene/Anthrocene Extinction Event : Landmark study shows wildlife numbers have fallen by third since 1970s

Man's Impact on Nature

Deafened Dolphins and Battered Whales

Source: Associated Press
Credits: Audrey McAvoy
Dated:  2012-05-10

Welcome to the Anthropocene

A 3-minute journey through the last 250 years of our history, from the start of the Industrial Revolution to the Rio+20 Summit. The film charts the growth of humanity into a global force on an equivalent scale to major geological processes.
HD stills available here: igbp.net/5.1081640c135c7c04eb480001217.html

Sitting on a landmine: The huge eruptions of the super-volcano under Yellowstone could be more frequent than scientists thought

Source: The Daily Mail
Credits: Rob Waugh
Dated: 2012-05-01

Wind farms, if spatially large enough, might have noticeable impacts on local to regional meteorology

Source: Fox News
Credits: Eric Niiler
Dated: 2012-04-30
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A Primer on Peak Oil

Source: CreditWriteDowns.com
Credits: 
Dated: 2012-04-20
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Climate Wars - British and US military think that nuclear weapons may be required to deal with climate change

Noticed by: Fritz at the Church of Virus

"Business as Usual" Guarantees Catastrophe

Source: ThinkProgress.org
Credits: Joe Romm
Dated: 2011-09-11

 

An Illustrated Guide to the Science of Global Warming Impacts: How We Know Inaction Is the Gravest Threat Humanity Faces

 

Next Great Depression? MIT study predicting ‘global economic collapse’ by 2030 still on track

Source: Associated Press via Yahoo.com
Credits: Eric Pfeiffer
Dated: 2012-04-04

Photocredits: (AP/Andy Wong)

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