A new global deal on climate change will come too late to save most
of the world's coral reefs, according to a US study that suggests major
ecological damage to the oceans is now inevitable.
Imagine earth-shaking
explosions, rock and debris flying through the air, and mountains
blasted to smithereens by explosions 100 times more powerful than those
that blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City.
When the dust settles, the remaining land looks like another planet: no trees, no plants, no animals - just a barren moonscape.
These are the shocking images of Jeff Barrie's documentary, Kilowatt Ours, that prompted me to write the song, "Don't Blow Up the Mountain."
BARCELONA - While the financial mayhem continues to draw the headlines, the cost of persistent biodiversity loss has yet to be established. But it is believed to be bigger than that of the meltdown, and in many cases also irreparable.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) now plans to gather incontrovertible evidence on the value of preserving biodiversity and the cost of losing it. The world's oldest and largest global environmental network will task its scientific commissions for this.
