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Staying current for Chapter 1 {2021}-{2011–2020}-{2001–2010} See Non-chronological resources { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2026-02-16. The Ballad Of Romeo: The Frog Who Failed To Save His Species, But Didn’t Have To After All. By Dr. Katie Spalding, IFL Science. Excerpt: It’s probably objectively the harshest rejection possible: “not if you were the last guy on […]

Staying current for Chapter 1  Articles from 2001–2010 Stay current index page for chapter 1 { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2010 Nov 26. The Fight for Yasuni. By Eric Marx, Science. Abstract: Over the past decade, biologists working in Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park and the adjoining Waorani Ethnic Reserve, a 17,000-kilometer section of the Amazon Basin […]

Staying current for Chapter 1  Articles from 2011–2020 Stay current index page for chapter 1 { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2020-12-17. Ivory From Shipwreck Reveals Elephant Slaughter During Spice Trade. By Rachel Nuwer, The New York Times. Excerpt: In 2008, workers searching for diamonds off the coast of Namibia found a different kind of treasure: hundreds of […]

Staying current for Chapter 1  Articles from 2021 Stay current index page for chapter 1 { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2021-11-18. Europe’s declining butterflies find new refuge: old quarries and coal mines. By Warren Cornwall, Science Magazine. Excerpt: Abandoned limestone quarries provide a better habitat than some meadows… [https://www.science.org/content/article/europe-s-declining-butterflies-find-new-refuge-old-quarries-and-coal-mines] 2021-10-14. The Most Important Global Meeting […]

{ Losing Biodiversity Contents } { All GSS Books } The following references are available in most libraries: Bryant, Jeannette, ed.  Conservation Directory: A list of Organizations, Agencies, and Officials Concerned with Natural Resource Use and Management. National Wildlife Federation, 1995. Carson, Rachel.  Silent Spring. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.  Chadwick, Douglas H. “Dead or Alive: The […]

LOSING BIODIVERSITY is about the endangerment and extinction of entire species of plants and animals throughout the world due to human actions, beginning with the case study of the buffalo. See Overview. Contents Chapters Investigations Stay Current 1. Seeking Biodiversity 1.1 Biodiversity Assessment Chapter 1 2. The Trail Back from Near Extinction 2.1 Estimate Number of […]

Staying current for Chapter 11 { Ozone Contents } 2026-02-03. In ant colonies, ozone turns friends into foes. By Science Advisor. Excerpt: Ants are famous for their complex, highly organized social structures, which allows thousands of them to function effectively as one single superorganism. Each colony had a distinct odor, which is determined by chemical […]

Staying current for Chapter 10 { Ozone Contents } 2024-06-17. What Happens in the Troposphere Doesn’t Stay in the Troposphere. By Rebecca Owen, Eos/AGU. Excerpt: In the final decades of the 20th century, stratospheric ozone depletion—often called, not quite accurately, the ozone hole—was a widespread concern. Halocarbons, including chlorofluorocarbons used as coolants in refrigerators and aerosol […]

Staying current for Chapter 9 { Ozone Contents } 2024-01-09. The New Space Race Is Causing New Pollution Problems. [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/science/rocket-pollution-spacex-satellites.html] By Shannon Hall, The New York Times. Excerpt: In the past few years, the number of rocket launches has spiked as commercial companies — especially SpaceX…and government agencies have lofted thousands of satellites into low-Earth […]

Staying current for Chapter 8 { Ozone Contents } El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Diagnostic Discussion 2020-05-19. Tracking Tropospheric Ozone Since 1979. By David Shultz, Eos/AGU. Excerpt: … The planet’s protective ozone layer, which exists mainly in the stratosphere at altitudes between 15 and 35 kilometers, absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the Sun, shielding the surface from hazardous […]