Endangered Earth (April 2004)
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On the Termination of Species; Endangered Earth; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 8 Page(s)

Ecologists' warnings of an ongoing mass extinction are being challenged by skeptics and largely ignored by politicians. In part that is because it is surprisingly hard to know the dimensions of the die-off, why it matters and how it can best be stopped (originally published November 2001)

Cloning Noah's Ark; Endangered Earth; by Robert P. Lanza, Betsy L. Dresser and Philip Damiani; 5 Page(s)

Biotechnology might offer the best way to keep some endangered species from disappearing from the planet (originally published November 2000)

Rethinking Green Consumerism; Endangered Earth; by Jared Hardner and Richard Rice; 5 Page(s)

Buying green products won't be enough to save biodiversity in the tropics. A new plan for marketing conservation services may be the answer (originally published May 2002)

The Unmet Need for Family Planning; Endangered Earth; by Malcolm Potts; 5 Page(s)

Women and men in many countries still lack adequate access to contraceptives. Unless they are given the option of controlling their fertility, severe environmental and health problems loom in the coming century throughout large parts of the world (originally published January 2000)

Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?; Endangered Earth; by Paul R. Epstein; 7 Page(s)

Computer models indicate that many diseases will surge as the earth's atmosphere heats up. Signs of the predicted troubles have begun to appear (originally published August 2000)

On Thin Ice; Endangered Earth; by Robert A. Bindschadler and Charles R. Bentley; 7 Page(s)

How soon humanity will have to move inland to escape rising seas depends in great part on how quickly West Antarctica's massive ice sheet shrinks. Scientists are finally beginning to agree on what controls the size of the sheet and its rate of disintegration (originally published December 2002)

Meltdown in the North; Endangered Earth; by Matthew Sturm, Donald K. Perovich and Mark C. Serreze; 7 Page(s)

Sea ice and glaciers are melting, permafrost is thawing, tundra is yielding to shrubs - and scientists are struggling to understand how these changes will affect not just the Arctic but the entire planet (originally published October 2003)