All, I agree with lassey. BTW what's wrong with global Warming? Thousands of people spend millions of dollars to MOVE TO WARMER CLIMATES despite impediments like hurricanes, earthquke threats, next to impossible real estate prices, much higher humidity(in the case of South eastern texas), much higher cost of living in the case of populated part of California. Wouldn't Global warming save a bunch of people a bunch of money by NOT HAVING TO SPEND BIG BUCKS IN MOVING TO WARMER CLIMATE PLACES?????????? An inquiring mind would like to know the answer to this! visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 16:04:49 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SNET: U.N. report says Earth's ecosystems being threatened -> SNETNEWS Mailing List Well they all have the option of committing sucide and helping our ecosystem. On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 12:27:11 -0700 Steve Wingate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -> SNETNEWS Mailing List > > U.N. report says Earth's ecosystems being threatened > > By DOUG MELLGREN, Associated Press > > OSLO, Norway (September 16, 2000 8:52 a.m. EDT > http://www.nandotimes.com) - The ecosystems that distinguish Earth > from a > bleak, lifeless neighbor such as Mars are threatened by increasing > population and consumption, a new U.N.-sponsored report warns. > > "We depend on ecosystems to sustain us, and their continued good > health > depends on how we take care of them," said Dr. Klaus Topfer, > director of > the U.N. Environment Program. > > "The World Resources 2000-2001" report, released Friday, reflects > two > years of work by more than 175 scientists. Some findings were > presented > earlier this year in Washington, D.C. > > Ecosystems are the interaction among all living things, from animals > to > microbes, and their environment. Without ecosystems, "Earth would > resemble the stark, lifeless images beamed back from Mars," the > report > said. > > Increasing population and consumption are degrading ecosystems at an > > accelerating pace, the report said. Threats include overfishing, > clearing > forests, polluting water supplies, and increasing greenhouse gas > emissions. > > The report projected that the world's economy could increase > fivefold and > population could hit 9 billion in 50 years. > > "Consumption of everything from rice to paper to refrigerators to > oil has > risen in tandem, all at a cost to the ecosystem," the report said. > "The > current rate of decline in the long-term productive capacity of > ecosystems > could have devastating implications for human development and the > welfare of all species." > > The pinch is being felt -- from overfishing of Canada's coast to > water > shortages in 100 major Chinese cities, according to the report, > which > judged the health of ecosystems by such measures as biodiversity, > effects > of farming and recreation. > > "The results offer a sobering glimpse of how we have altered > ecosystems > to our purposes, increasing both benefits and vulnerability," the > report said. > > > The report said increases in food production have come at the > expense of > more cleared land and declining soil quality in 65 percent of the > world's > farmland. > > Dams, irrigation channels and changing water use have altered water > availability and the timing and intensity of floods. Eroded soil and > > chemicals are threatening water quality, the report said. > > The report was issued by the U.N. Development Program, the U.N. > Environment Program, the World Bank and the World Resources > Institute, > the private environmental think tank that compiled it. > > "We already know enough to begin to manage ecosystems sustainably," > said Jonathan Lash, president of the World Resources Institute. > "Many of > the fixes are simple and nontechnical." > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Steve Wingate > > {{{ ANOMALOUS RADIO }}} - Techno, Ambient, Talk (33k+) > http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=anomalous > > {{{ RADIO ANOMALY }}} - Techno, Ambient, Jazz (DSL, Cable) > http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=stevew168 > > Anomalous Images and UFO Files > http://www.anomalous-images.com > > > -> To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! 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