Earth & the Environment
Our planet and its environment are much more fragile than past generations ever understood. Only in the last few decades have we come to recognize the problems caused by that lack of comprehension. Our biosphere's delicate balance, upset by humanity's methods of manufacturing, waste disposal, and use of resources, must be restores. Having learned enough to start working to correct it, we must now learn even more about the protection of our fragile ecology, so that we may maintain our biosphere in the natural balance it once held on its own. Learn more about environment, ecology, conservation and our lonely planet by browsing the links below.
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| When Will Pollution Be Taken Seriously? Jackie Ashley: It blights all our lives. But when will pollution be taken seriously? There is a filthy underworld the... |
Sit Back and Watch the Earth Die Richard Branson plans to fly the first commercial passengers into space. Let's hope we experience delays. |
| Out of this world: earth seen from Mars It's a unique view of our world: a pale blue disc, half in shadow, with the moon seemingly just a short distance away. The... |
Tasmania Carries the Eco-fight By Banning Plastic Bags Carries Hopes of Environment A township on the remote eastern coast of Tasmania has become one of the first in the world to ban the use of plastic bags.... |
| Sun's Rays to Roast Earth As Poles Flip Earth's magnetic field - the force that protects us from deadly radiation bursts from outer space - is weakening... |
Environment issues swing the vote Bill Clinton was famously reminded by a supporter not to wander off the key issue in his campaign with the words:... |
| Judges pledge to champion environment Lawyers from around the world promise a crackdown on developers who pollute. A panel of 127 senior judges from 62 countries... |
Earth Summit Will Make Ecological Crisis Worse Next week's earth summit will not only fail to tackle the ecological crisis. It will make it worse. The German election... |
| Earth Summit The UN's world conference on sustainable development begins in Johannesburg on August 26. Mark Oliver explains the basics... |
A Mass Gathering to Save the World? Delegations from 174 countries which are meeting for nine days to try to cure the world's environment and development... |
| Earth 'will Expire By 2050' Our planet is running out of room and resources. Modern man has plundered so much, a damning report claims this week, that... |
Why the earth summit matters Ian Willmore of Friends of the Earth says the media should stop worrying about the trivia of hotel bills and travel... |
| Planet is running out of time, says Meacher Global warming: Government to warn that America's actions threaten to make the planet "uninhabitable". | |