More than 100 people were arrested during a week of action across the UK as protesters demanded the government treat the threats posed by climate change as a crisis.
… Extinction Rebellion: from the UK to Ghana Chloe Farand | 29th November 2018 News Extinction Rebellion Climate Breakdown Change … as climate breakdown. This was the birth of Extinction Rebellion, a movement that calls …
Limiting climate change is just the start of what we need to do to forestall a runaway cascade of species extinctions, write Bill Laurance & Paul Ehrlich. We must also reverse the destruction and fragmentation of key wildlife habitats, constrain our over-consumption of natural resources, stabilise human numbers - and elect leaders determined to prioritise these issues.
… The debate is over: Earth's sixth great extinction has arrived Bill Laurance Paul Ehrlich | 18th November 2016 News Extinction Climate Change Conservation … do to forestall a runaway cascade of species extinctions, write Bill Laurance & Paul …
Human beings are now waging war against life itself as we continue to destroy not just individual lives, local populations and entire species in vast numbers but also the ecological systems that make life on Earth possible. By doing this we are now accelerating the sixth mass extinction event in Earth's history and virtually eliminating any prospect of human survival, writes ROBERT J BURROWES
… Robert J. Burrowes | 1st August 2017 News Extinction Ecology Planetary Boundary Science Survival Conservation extinction.jpg Human beings are now waging war … this we are now accelerating the sixth mass extinction event in Earth's history and …
New study first to suggest reproduction levels of animals rather than on body size is crucial when calculating extinction risk.
… Small amphibians at greater risk of extinction Brendan Montague | 24th March 2021 … than on body size is crucial when calculating extinction risk. The risk of extinction for amphibians – the most …
XR wants to spark civil disobedience around the world - but US campaigner says it will have to lose white, middle class image.
… Extinction Rebellion eyes global campaign … November 2018 News Change Makers Jamie Henn Extinction Rebellion Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez … as climate breakdown. This was the birth of Extinction Rebellion, a movement calling for …
The Earth is now undergoing the biggest mass extinction since the end of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, writes James Dyke - the result of our collective desire to convert our planet into goods, services and trash. If we go on the biosphere itself will survive, but it will be impoverished. As will we.
… Earth's sixth mass extinction is under way - but are we bothered? … Dyke | 25th July 2015 Comment Natural World Extinction poteroo-cut.jpg The Earth is now undergoing the biggest mass extinction since the end of the dinosaurs 65 …
Humanity is continuing to drive species into extinction at a terrifying rate, writes Robert J. Burrowes - not just nameless beetles and midges, but mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and trees. The biggest causes are habitat destruction, pollution and hunting ... and unless we stop soon, we too will be among the victims of our ecocidal attack on Earth.
… Extinction is forever Robert J. Burrowes | 30th December 2015 Comment Extinction Ecocide Ecology … Humanity is continuing to drive species into extinction at a terrifying rate, writes Robert …
A further 558 mammal species could be extinct by the end of this century.
… Humans drive 96pc of mammal extinctions Ted Hennessey | 7th September 2020 … News Climate Breakdown Biodiversity Collapse extinction.jpg A further 558 mammal species … solely responsible for increasing mammal extinction rates over the past 126,000 years, …
Climate change, pollution and human actions are responsible for a staggering 318 animal extinctions to date, new research shows.
… Reporter | 4th October 2019 News Pollution Extinction Animals Wildlife Biodiversity … are responsible for a staggering 318 animal extinctions to date, new research shows. … rising temperatures responsible for 33 animal extinctions, while pollution is responsible …
We must rebel against capitalism's destruction of our common future.
… Extinction Rebellion: embracing direct action … | 19th November 2018 Comment Change Makers Extinction Rebellion Direct Action … of our common future. Not heard of Extinction Rebellion before? Then you heard it …
The end of the Triassic era 200 million years ago was marked by a surge in CO2 and anoxic oceans saturated with toxic hydrogen sulfide, writes Jessica H. Whiteside - enough to finish off half of all known organisms. Could humans now be embarking on a similar experiment?
… End-Triassic CO2 surge and mass extinction - an analog for climate change … One of the losers at the end-Triassic extinction: Diandongosuchus fuyuanensis. … over 200m years ago, the end-Triassic mass extinction killed off more than half of the …
First Red List for British Mammals - which meets international criteria used to assess threats to wildlife such as elephants and tigers - shows that 11 of our 47 native mammals are at risk of extinction.
… Native UK mammals face extinction Emily Beament | 31st July 2020 News … 11 of our 47 native mammals are at risk of extinction. A quarter of Britain's native … wildcats and beavers, are at risk of extinction, a new assessment warns. The first …
Extinction Rebellion protesters buzz around campaign bus after Conservative parliamentary candidates decline 70 invitations to attend climate hustings.
… | 11th December 2019 News Change Makers Extinction Rebellion General Election 2019 … Party Boris Johnson elcjpuawoaihtas.jpeg Extinction Rebellion protesters buzz around … 70 invitations to attend climate hustings. Extinction Rebellion UK were in Staffordshire …
While the arrival of humans has been proposed as a potential cause of extinction, evidence on this is limited.
… Climate 'cause of woolly rhinoceros extinction' Nina Massey | 14th August 2020 | News Biodiversity Climate Change Extinction Woolly rhinoceros skeleton While … has been proposed as a potential cause of extinction, evidence on this is limited. …
The most unique birds on the planet are also the most threatened by climate breakdown - study.
… 24th November 2022 | News Threatened Species Extinction Climate Breakdown Ecosystems … of traits face the highest risk of extinction, according to a new study. The … of ecosystems. Avert The study analysed the extinction risk and physical attributes such …
Reports that Syria's iconic Northern Bald Ibis colony is endangered by IS's capture of Palmyra are mistaken, writes Gianluca Serra. The species is already extinct as a breeding population for reasons unconnected with IS. The war that is destroying Syria came only as the last straw for a long-dwindling species whose plight the world chose to ignore.
… News Birds Syria Saudi Arabia Middle East Extinction War obi-cliff.jpg Reports that … Bald Ibis ( Geronticus eremita ) into extinction. Sadly they are wrong - because … what has been called the sixth wave of mass extinction on the planet. Species of life …
The new work by artist Maya Lin, famous for her memorial to US soldiers lost in Vietnam, commemorates the species destroyed and endangered by human action. As the list of the dead grows, David Hawkins wonders if the future is set in stone
… going on at the frontiers of the sixth mass extinction (6X) elsewhere in the world. Yet … as is 6X – the first anthropogenic mass extinction. Extinction is a natural process, but we have …
The Guardian launches new series The Age of Extinction.
… Age of extinction Staff Reporter | 22nd October 2019 News News Guardian Media Extinction Rebellion Thought Leaders … The Guardian launches new series The Age of Extinction. The national newspaper The …
The endemic giant tortoises discovered by Charles Darwin on Floreana and Pinta islands in the Galápagos are extinct, write Luciano Beheregaray & Adalgisa 'Gisella' Caccone. But scientists have found that their genes live on in newly discovered hybrids on other islands. A selective breeding programme now aims to recreate the originals, and return them to their native islands.
… back the Floreana and Pinta species from extinction, something inconceivable not long …
Paleoclimatology links climate change to mass extinction.
… Jack Wilkin | 21st January 2019 News Permian Extinction Paleoclimatology Volcano Climate … Paleoclimatology links climate change to mass extinction. Forget the K-Pg extinction that led to the demise of the …
Latest 'Red List' for maples or Acers reveals 36 of 158 species are at high risk of extinction in the wild.
… Maple tree species face extinction Emily Beament | 23rd September 2020 | News Extinction Biodiversity Collapse Maple trees … reveals 36 of 158 species are at high risk of extinction in the wild. More than one in five …
Extinction Rebellion is forging an international solidarity network to challenge capitalism, neo-colonialism and extractive industries.
… Yamin | 18th April 2019 News Editor’s Picks Extinction Rebellion International Solidarity … Africa screen_shot_2019-03-06_at_15.30.07.png Extinction Rebellion is forging an … said we had to pull the emergency brake? Extinction Rebellion The last issue. No-one …
The Metropolitan Police said that as of 12.30pm today, they had made 135 arrests.
… Extinction Rebellion shuts down London streets … Press Association | 7th October 2019 News Extinction Rebellion Climate Breakdown Protest … is among the celebrities taking part in the Extinction Rebellion protests currently taking …