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more about #environmentaldisaster gorehound: that tree frog is so cute i want one as a pet #ecology more » gunnalastair: Actually the fungus - a naturally occurring disease - was originally restricted to a small area in Africa. It was human trade of amphibians that turn... more » Hamslicer: I wonder how they taste... more » twophrasebark: "But humans didn't put it there - an aggressive fungal invasion did." I disagree Charlie. It's highly likely that environmental damage from human cre... more » J_Frank_Parnell: Isn't there a topical cream for this? #ecology more » evildead1971: i got 3 words for them tough actin tinactin #ecology more » alphanumeric1971: All I'm going to say is that Humans have less impact on this world than they think they do. more » phoenix: Between this and Tuvalu, it's really sad. But what saddens me more is the engine behind the manufacturing of bad science to excuse the climate change ... more » Theoutlet: "This story is going to become more and more common in the next decade or two, as the people who did the least to cause climate change pay the highest... more » winshape: The Carteret Islands are pretty much mounds of coral on top of a volcanic crater. It's highest point was 1.5 meters above sea level. If the sea level... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Not being a "denier", but I'm sure islands disappear/re-appear all the time. I mean, if we use the Jersey Shore as an example, just the people living... more » Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Garrison? We were planning on an underwater base and not a volcanic island, weren't you? more » holographicProfessorMoriarty: "as the people who did the least to cause climate change cause the highest price." Did you mean to say: as the people who did the least to cause clima... more » rek: Am I reading that excerpt right? Some families were chosen for evacuation... and others weren't? more » alphanumeric1971: In related news, exhaling is now bad for the environment. Government across the world are asking their populations to inhale and then ``Simply hold it.`` more » twDarkflame: "Or is there just enough gullible people out there to make the whole thing profitable?" Yes. It only takes 1/100,000 or even 1/10,00,000 for it to be ... more » korybing: I don't understand spam. Is there really money in sending out these hojillion messages to a bunch of people who don't read them? Why does there contin... more » ♠ Final ♠: 75% of all American internet traffic is spam. 80% of which never reaches it's intended recipient. more » Roklimber: As much as I hate email spam (and I hate it with a vengeance), I hate *regular* mail spam even more. If you think the email spam harms the environment... more » GreyHammer: i wonder how much energy was used when mcaffee used to pop up every two hours or in the middle of something important for a scan i didnt need/want. WE... more » -
#ecodystopia
A Deadly Fungus Is Stalking This Creature
This alien-looking creature is actually a newly discovered species of tree frog, Ecnomiohyla rabborum. And now it's one of 47,000 species on the latest endangered-species list. The culprit is an aggressive fungal infestation, introduced into the frog's habitat. More » -
#ecodystopia
An Island Sinks Into The Ocean, Lost To Human Habitation
Global warming has displaced the first of many refugees: Papua New Guinea has begun evacuating the Carteret Islands, which have been sinking into the ocean for years now, but they're finally lost to human habitation. More » -
#environmentaldisaster
Email Spam Is Destroying The Earth
You may hate spam because it clutters up your email, wastes your time and teases you with talk of Nigerian princes offering to enlarge your penis. But did you know it's killing the environment, too? More » -
#futuredisasters
Climate Change Map Helps You Predict the Next Eco-Disaster
We know that as global temperatures rise, increased storms, heat waves, and flooding will batter the Earth. A new interactive map from the Center for American Progress demonstrates the toll climate change will take on human beings by displaying regions that are at particular risk for different types of ecological disaster, and explaining precisely how future weather patterns will affect the population if global warming continues at its current pace. -
#environmentaldisaster
Western U.S. Cooked by Climate Change Sooner than the Rest of the World
Over the past five years, the western United States endured temperature increases that caused droughts, deadly heat waves, mass death of trees, and insect infestations. Now a new report from the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization demonstrates why: the U.S. West has experienced an average temperature increase that is 70 percent greater than the world as a whole. The warming is directly related to greenhouse gas emissions. More » -
