From Conservation to Population, a New Look at Planet Earth
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Can nine billion humans survive and try to improve their lives without depleting the planet?
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Global biodiversity is shrinking at an unprecedented rate and the prognosis given by one of the world&#39;s leading conservation bodies, at the opening of a major environment conference here, is alarming.
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As explorers investigated the world in centuries past they began pondering a puzzle called the "latitudinal diversity gradient." That's science talk for: The farther you go from the tropics, the fewer different kinds of plants and animals there are.
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As the US population rises, environmental problems that were once pushed aside may get worse, experts say.
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A top scientist in the storied, sometimes controversial field explains how a population of creatures can be viewed as a high-level organism unto itself rather than a collection of disparate individuals.
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NASA and Columbia University Earth Institute research finds that human-made greenhouse gases have brought the Earthâs climate close to critical tipping points, with potentially dangerous consequences for the planet.
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Scientists say humans have altered the earth right into a new geological age. Here's you're chance to help name our new era.
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The extinction of whole species, once specific to isolated islands, is becoming a trend across continents.
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An ambitious project to catalog life in the ocean shows that so far we've just scratched the surface. By Stephen Leahy.
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Science & environment: Â· Scientists shed new light on disputed skeleton findÂ· Bone analysis supports distinct species theory
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The genetic map of a type of teeny-weeny ocean algae could have a big impact on how scientists try to protect the Earth&#39;s oceans from greenhouse gases.
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By Nisha Sabanayagam; Ranjeetha Pakiam; Minderjeet Kaur; Teresa Yong;  THE tipping point is very close.   Environmentalists warn that once past it, our countrys environmental deterioration will lead to irreversible consequences.  It may already have happened.
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The Earth's climate is out of balance and warming as a result of human activities, a leading science body warns.
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Genetic evidence suggests humans have moved into the evolutionary fast lane and are becoming increasing different.
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A report will describe a growing body of evidence that warming is likely to cause a profound transformation of the planet.
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Astronomers announce recent discoveries of two Earth-like planets.
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Science & environment: Britons know that the planet is heating up - but are still not ready to change their lifestyle