Not just Honey Bees, Bats Frogs other amphibians dying

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Not just Honey Bees, Bats Frogs other amphibians dying, but that species are crashing worldwide

Not only is the Honey Bees dying at high rates so are Bats read about at http://www.msnbc.msn.com......
Frogs and other amphibians dying at alarming rates, say scientists • Some frog populations have declined 95 to 98% in size
guardian.co.uk, and I have this articale Insect deaths add to extinction fears
British survey hints that species are crashing worldwide.
by Michael Hopkin
Nature News
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Ecologists have unveiled strong evidence that huge numbers of the world's species are disappearing. A survey of British wildlife suggests that insects - thought to be among the most resilient species - are suffering similar extinction rates to larger, better-studied animals.

If the same is happening worldwide, we may be witnessing the largest die-off since the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs, says Jeremy Thomas of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Dorset, UK, who led the study in this week's Science1.

Thomas's team analysed surveys of British birds, plants and butterflies stretching back 40 years. The statistics, collected by 20,000 amateur naturalists, form an unprecedented census of insects. "No dataset approaches this detail and scale anywhere in the world," Thomas says.

The researchers divided Britain into 10-kilometre squares and counted the number of squares occupied by each species. Of 58 butterfly species, 71% have declined or disappeared over the past 20 years, alongside 54% of birds. The past 40 years has seen declines in 28% of plants studied.

Experts had assumed that the sheer number of insects would safeguard them against mass extinction. "The gloomy result is that this group has declined massively," says Thomas. As insects comprise more than 50% of the planet's species, a large die-off would be bad news for global diversity, he adds.

The sixth extinction?
"This study provides further evidence that the world is facing another major extinction crisis," warns Michael Rands, director of UK conservation group BirdLife International.

There have been five such events since the birth of multicellular life 600 million years ago. In each, 65-95% of the world's species died out. No one is claiming that current species loss has reached this rate, Thomas concedes. "But it's accelerating," he warns. "If nothing is done, we're going lose a lot more species."

Thomas and his team attribute the British trend to habitat loss. Across the world, Thomas says, habitat preservation will be the first line of defence against species loss.

A second study in Science2 shows that another reason for species decline, in Britain at least, is nitrogen pollution. A team led by Carly Stevens of the Open University in Milton Keynes, UK, examined 68 grasslands around the British Isles and found that higher nitrogen pollution means fewer species.

Soils in Britain and Central Europe receive an average of 17 kilograms of nitrogen compounds per hectare per year, mostly from fossil-fuel burning and intensive livestock farming. This pollution could kill 20% of grassland species, Stevens warns.

We need to act now to reduce this, says Stevens. Once biodiversity begins to decline, it is very difficult to prevent it crashing, she says: "If you keep taking enough bricks out of the wall, the wall's going to fall down."

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I'm sorry to say but there is nothing that can be done for any of the spiecies in question, just like there is nothing that can be done about global warming/climate change. This is not completely the fault of mans activities. Man has only sped up the inevidable, Mother Earth is changing, the solar system is changing. A new world cometh and there is nothing Man can do except try to survive the birthing paines. For Man as a whole to think that they can have such a lasting impact, is nothing more than egotistical ignorance. Perhaps it will take the arrival of the Supreame Being to remind us all just how small we truely are, seeing how so many refuse to accept that Mother Earth is a being unto Herself. We must be reminded of our place in nature, and the ever expanding existance in the void. Mans current existance is not fundamental in nature, it did just fine before us and it will continue without us.

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once we're gone,mother earth will do what she does best-live.i look at it this way...eventually every dog gets tired of the fleas.

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I'm sorry to say but there is nothing that can be done for any of the spiecies in question, just like there is nothing that can be done about global warming/climate change. This is not completely the fault of mans activities. Man has only sped up the inevidable, Mother Earth is changing, the solar system is changing. A new world cometh and there is nothing Man can do except try to survive the birthing paines. For Man as a whole to think that they can have such a lasting impact, is nothing more than egotistical ignorance. Perhaps it will take the arrival of the Supreame Being to remind us all just how small we truely are, seeing how so many refuse to accept that Mother Earth is a being unto Herself. We must be reminded of our place in nature, and the ever expanding existance in the void. Mans current existance is not fundamental in nature, it did just fine before us and it will continue without us.

This is not completely the fault of mans activities.

i dont agree with this statement on the basis that before man started toiling with natural order we had clean breathable air , fresh wateer , good soil, and lots of trees . mother nature is reacting that's correct but man has promoted alot to this turmoil we have now , and unfortunately even if we became more enlightened ecologically we do not have the tools to clean up after our selves , plastic is a major problem , at least some companies are taking a step in the right direction ,and forestry industries are as well, but the big oil companies are not and neither are the commercial, and housing industries ,yes we have a population issue but with all the real estate our governments buy they could fix that real quick , but its a habit for them , greed and power ,lol if we end up destroying our earth , what will money and power be worth then ? nada .dont get me wrong you make valid points but we did have a big hand in this definitely , look at the wild life as well we encroach on the land and they have no where to go but in toward us . lol deers going through td bank windows , i have seen it ,

cheers

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I agree any organism respondes to stimuli, Mother Earth is no differant. However other planets such as Mars are also experienceing Global warming, the ice caps on Mars are disappearing. The changes on Earth are not just because of man, the results of mans activity however could result in an even worse case sinario, by delaying the next Ice Age cycle. For every action there is an = and opposite reaction. In the end it won't matter Mother Earth has done a pretty good job recycling what is ultimately Hers forever.

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once we're gone,mother earth will do what she does best-live.i look at it this way...eventually every dog gets tired of the fleas.

Yep.... You are an Ass. Care to do Momma Earth a favor and jump first?

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once we're gone,mother earth will do what she does best-live.i look at it this way...eventually every dog gets tired of the fleas.

Yep.... You are an Ass. Care to do Momma Earth a favor and jump first?

Awww does someone need a hug?

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I'm sorry to say but there is nothing that can be done for any of the spiecies in question, just like there is nothing that can be done about global warming/climate change. This is not completely the fault of mans activities. Man has only sped up the inevidable, Mother Earth is changing, the solar system is changing. A new world cometh and there is nothing Man can do except try to survive the birthing paines. For Man as a whole to think that they can have such a lasting impact, is nothing more than egotistical ignorance. Perhaps it will take the arrival of the Supreame Being to remind us all just how small we truely are, seeing how so many refuse to accept that Mother Earth is a being unto Herself. We must be reminded of our place in nature, and the ever expanding existance in the void. Mans current existance is not fundamental in nature, it did just fine before us and it will continue without us.

This is not completely the fault of mans activities.

i dont agree with this statement on the basis that before man started toiling with natural order we had clean breathable air , fresh wateer , good soil, and lots of trees . mother nature is reacting that's correct but man has promoted alot to this turmoil we have now , and unfortunately even if we became more enlightened ecologically we do not have the tools to clean up after our selves , plastic is a major problem , at least some companies are taking a step in the right direction ,and forestry industries are as well, but the big oil companies are not and neither are the commercial, and housing industries ,yes we have a population issue but with all the real estate our governments buy they could fix that real quick , but its a habit for them , greed and power ,lol if we end up destroying our earth , what will money and power be worth then ? nada .dont get me wrong you make valid points but we did have a big hand in this definitely , look at the wild life as well we encroach on the land and they have no where to go but in toward us . lol deers going through td bank windows , i have seen it ,

cheers

Everyone wants to blame "humans" for the state of the planet, and this is partly true, because this is our LEADERS fault, not the common person! Sure people do stupid stuff, but they never really been properly educated on the matters. Take the global warming SCAM, yes it is a SCAM because the other planets are warming the SAME AS EARTH! Global warming is disinformation to make $$$. This is how our leaders work, all for $$$. EVEN your country, it is more of a FARM then anything else! And guess what your the livestock.

People are not a virus, I use to think people were bad, but now I know it is the in-bred-retarded-elite who are pushing their will onto us and molding us to how they want us to be. The Human being is an incredible species, and this is proven by the fact of how much 'alien' attention we get. We may even be the perfect blend of spiritual and physical beings! But it takes a lot of teaching and work to achieve these states of being. Man cant do it if he is continually assaulted, with your ego being battered and you subconscious being warred upon 24/7.

We are amazing spiritual beings, who like anything else, collect a lot of dust and shit on us. Some people forget what they are and only see all the shit, the ones who know, just scrape away the crap and let their true powers shine through!

If enough people stood up to the New World Order and out corrupt Governments, we could make the world we all want to live in. But too many people are scared and or think they are powerless to do anything.

Bottom line, we are an amazing machine, but if the machine is not used properly by the leaders, then there is no wonder that the job is getting fucked up.

[Mep630 Profile]

once we're gone,mother earth will do what she does best-live.i look at it this way...eventually every dog gets tired of the fleas.

Yep.... You are an Ass. Care to do Momma Earth a favor and jump first?

Again, this is not the common persons fault, if you only knew how much you were lied to about our true history and purpose....

[nm156 Profile]

My mother and her siblings grew up in ground zero at what is now the Love Canal quarantined area, They each get tested yearly for many problems that have been a result of greed and terrible dealings of the Hooker Chemical Co. My grandmother and Grandfather have both passed on due to cancer. So I for one knows first hand the evils that man can do. The rebirth of this planet has and will take anything that man does and destroy any trace of mans' toiling, it could take millions of years but it will be reclaimed. However I believe that Mother Earth has and will displayed changes that could take place with in a twinkling of an eye. We may already be seeing such a thing at it's beginning phases.