Posts Tagged ‘extinction’

• Emperor Penguins will face extinction within the next 100 years

  Photo credit: pixie_bebe If the ice continues to shrink (due to man-made climate change) at its current pace the Emperor Penguins will become extinct within 100 years, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts warns. “Emperor Penguins are …

• Nearly 50% of the world’s primates face extinction report says

  According to a newly released report by the IUCN Primate Specialist Group says that “almost 50 percent of the world’s primates are in danger of extinction.” The report points out that habitat destruction and hunting are the two main threats. …

• Soil Contamination

  Soil covers most of the surface of the Earth’s land. It occurred after the erosion of rocks, due to strong winds, water, ice and due to the activity of living organisms. Soil is usually suitable for plants and small organisms …

• The Northern white rhino is on the brink of extinction

  White rhinoceros in Kruger Park. Photo by Esculapio. It wasn’t long ago since the Caribbean monk seal was officially listed as extinct by the US Government. And now the IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, reports that the …

• The Caribbean monk seal is now extinct due to human causes

  Photo from “The Fisheries and Fisheries Industries of the United States”, by George Brown Goode (1887). The Caribbean monk seal has gone “the way of the dodo” and been officially listed as extinct by the US Government. The Caribbean monk …