Extinctions Linked to Hotter Temperatures

Whenever the world's tropical seas warm several degrees, Earth has experienced mass extinctions over millions of years, according to a first-of-its-kind statistical study of fossil records.

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"The truth is the climate nightmare is real and happening now. We are destroying the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu and the snow caps. We are eroding our beaches, and our coastal cities will face managed retreat"

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SYDNEY (AFP) – Scientists said Sunday they had uncovered new marine animals in their search of previously unexplored Australian waters, along with a bizarre carnivorous sea squirt and ocean-dwelling spiders...

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Salmon, steelhead and sturgeon in the Central Valley are being driven to extinction by Delta pumping systems and upstream reservoir operations, according to a draft federal report......

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At least once in Earth's history, global warming ended quickly, and scientists have long wondered why. Scientists found microscopic diamonds in the black layer of rock at Murray Springs in Arizona.

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The northern leopard frogs that inhabit the boreal U.S. have never recovered from some catastrophic population declines in the 1970s.

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The rise and fall of the seas may have a more lethal toll on Earth's life than asteroids and supervolcanoes, according to a new study.

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Roughly 251 million years ago, an estimated 70 percent of land plants and animals died, along with 84 percent of ocean organisms—an event known as the end Permian extinction. The cause is unknown but it is known that this period was also an extremely warm one.

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Almost a third of all apes, monkeys and other primates are in danger of extinction because of rampant habitat destruction, the commercial sale of their meat and the trade in illegal wildlife, a report released Friday said.

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Species that can't keep up w climate change will vanish

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The dinosaurs, along with the majority of all other animal species on Earth, went extinct approximately 65 million years ago.

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Marine species loss has been an issue for a number of years. However, the economic impact is becoming apparent, as a recent article in the journal, Science, warns that commercial fish and seafood species may all crash by 2048.

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Thirty wood bison from Elk Island National Park in northern Alberta will soon be taking the trip of a lifetime – halfway around the world to northeastern Siberia.

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