Unprecedented rate of damage to earth by humans which is raising risks of abrupt collapses in nature: International Report based on study by 1,360 experts in 95 nations
By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News NetworkSunday, April 3, 2005
The study, by 1,360 experts in 95 nations, said a rising human population had polluted or over-exploited two thirds of the ecological systems on which life depends, ranging from clean air to fresh water, in the past 50 years.
Ten to 30 percent of mammal, bird and amphibian species were already threatened with extinction, according to the assessment, the biggest review of the planet’s life support systems.
“Human activity is putting such strain on the natural functions of Earth that the ability of the planet’s ecosystems to sustain future generations can no longer be taken for granted,” it said.
The report said that in 100 years, global warming widely blamed on burning of fossil fuels in cars, factories and power plants, might take over as the main source of damage
Source: Reuters
Each of us can try to improve this bleak future affecting not only the future generations but may be us too.
Give it some thought. What are you going to do about it?