Oceans comprise a sea of troubles

No one fully understands why the cod have not returned to the Grand Banks off Canada, even after 16 years of no fishing. No one quite knows why glaciers and ice shelves are melting so fast, or how a meltwater lake on the Greenland ice sheet covering six square kilometers could drain away in 24 hours, as it did in 2006. Such unexpected events make scientists nervous.

What can be done to put matters right? The sea, the last part of the world where ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Jan. 9, 2009

The peril of the environmental devastation of the oceans is an under-appreciated story. This article captures in a capsule many aspects of the problems, including the potential species extinction of the species Homo Sapiens.

In a world whose demand for protein grows daily, the need to conserve stocks is plain. The remedies are not hard to grasp. Politicians, however, are supine.

the mass extinction, however remote, that should be concentrating minds is that of mankind.

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