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This article is about biodiversity, and how it is beneficial to our planet.  Biodiversity helps our ecosystems by boosting productivity.  Each species, no matter how large or small, plays an important role in their ecosystem.  For example, a large number of plants in an ecosystem creates a greater variety of crops and animals; more biodiversity means more sustainability, which is very good for ecosystems, because then they will be able to better withstand and recover from diseases/plagues, natural disasters, and other problems. Biodiversity allows us to live healthy and happy lives.  It provides us with an array of foods and materials and it contributes to the economy. It also helps further medical cures and discoveries, alone with genetic diversity, which can prevent diseases. Sadly, human activity has started causing extinctions of some organisms; Even though there are some conservation efforts, it hasn't been enough to stop biodiversity losses. We are the reason biodiversity has decreased, so it is our duty to help fix this problem, for both the animals and plants we share our environment with, as long as for ourselves and for our own health, economy, and future.

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This article is about water pollution; scientists are finding more and more pollutants in our freshwater bodies.  Sadly, freshwater is becoming a site for biological waste (including human sewage, animal excrement, and runoff contaminated by nutrient-rich fertilizers) These pollutants end up in river systems and then into seas, harming aquatic life, which greatly upsets me.  I have always been interested in marine life (shocker, after I decided I didn't want to be a veterinarian anymore, I considered marine biology for a little while).  There are so many organisms in the ocean, and quite a few that humans have not even discovered yet.  Yet, humans continue to pollute their homes without caring, then most of the times refuse to do anything about it.  Not only is the water pollution harming animals and marine organisms, but it can and will also harm humans in the future.  Water is a necessity for humans, plants, animals ... aka mostly everything on our planet. Even though almost 70 percent of the world is covered by water, only 2.5 percent of it is freshwater. The rest is saltwater from the oceans. And of that 2.5 percent, only 1 percent of the freshwater is easily accessible, the rest of it is trapped in glaciers and snowfields. So if we keep polluting the small amount of freshwater we have left, we will just be creating more problems for ourselves in the future. We need to work on fixing the problems instead of making more.

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This is an article about polar bears going extinct because of the severe climate change.  I picked this article because I love animals, I volunteered at the Salem County animal shelter 2 summers in a row, and I used to want to be a zoo veterinarian. So when I came across this article, I was instantly interested, but quickly upset when I read that innocent animals are dying off because of human actions.  One statistic I read was that by 2050, two thirds of polar bears will be gone... that shocks me.  Two thirds of a species gone because of human mistakes - global warming is a huge problem for both people, along with plants, animals, and the rest environment.  We need to pollute the environment less and work on stopping global warming, along with cooling the planet down now.  Humans have to realize they aren't the only organisms on our planet, and we need to start helping animals, like the polar bears, instead of hurting them.

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China's quick rise as an economic power has also created a few problems for them - Pollution has made cancer China’s leading cause of death.

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Scientists are detecting more pollutants in Earth’s freshwater bodies. Our planet's lakes, rivers, streams, and groundwater are containing more and more traces of contaminants ranging from birth control pills and sunscreen to pesticides and petroleum.

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New studies suggests that the air we breathe outdoors could be harming more people than ever. Globally, more than 3 million people die prematurely each year from prolonged exposure to air pollution

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Environmental pollution is the release of environmental contaminants, generally resulting from human activity.  Pollutants can cause disease, including cancer, lupus, immune diseases, allergies, and asthma. Also, adverse air quality can kill many organisms including humans.

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Even though humans know about biodiversity's importance, human activity has been and continues to cause mass extinctions. “The current extinction rate is now approaching 1,000 times the background rate and may climb to 10,000 times the background rate during the next century.”

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Areas with a large variety of species have the greatest abundance of plant life.  Biodiversity itself appears to control the elemental cycles (carbon, nitrogen, water) that allow the planet to support life.

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This article talks about what biodiversity is and why it is important. Also, human activity is causing massive extinctions.

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Research now says that restricting population growth will not solve global issues of sustainability in the short term

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Today’s scientists are more concerned about population growth than America's population.  With the population continually increasing, scientists are convinced.

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There are more than 7 billion people on Earth now, and about one in eight doesn't have enough to eat. But theres an important question- how many more people can the Earth support?  It's highly likely we'll see 9.6 billion Earthlings by 2050, and up to 11 billion or more by 2100.

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The number of Americans who could be displaced by rising seas will triple by the end of this century.

As many as 13 million people in the US will be in the path of flooding by 2100, 3x the current population that resides in low-lying coastal areas.

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Scientists have discovered an unpredictable decrease in the world's largest reef, the Great Barrier Reef.  Diver surveys found up to 50 percent mortality in the reef from coral bleaching; their deaths are most likely linked to rising temperatures in the ocean.

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Humans are sending carbon into the atmosphere 10x faster than during the hottest period in the past 66 million years, according to a new analysis of the geologic record. The study shows just how much humans are changing Earth’s history.

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At Germany’s aerospace agency, the next frontier is capturing the sun here on Earth and keeping it on tap.

Germany’s equivalent of NASA, are working on new ways to produce more heat than light in order to smooth over intermittency, one of the biggest drawbacks of solar power on the grid.

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By the end of this year, the nation’s first offshore wind farm should begin generating electricity.  It should begin delivering power to Rhode Island’s electricity grid, a milestone that could help reshape energy markets from New England to South Florida, experts say.

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To cut down on CO2 pollution, experts are arguing that nuclear power would be best to use, especially with the sever climate change.

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A doctoral student in Jerusalem claims that global warming is diminishing the output of scent by petunias.

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There are excessive amounts of ice melting in the Arctic, causing polar bears, along with other animals, to become on the risks of extinction.

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The United States has caused more global warming than any other country, and in return they might have more problems- if West Antartica collapses, the sea levels will rise but not even out, and the US will get a lot more sea level rising.

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Polar bears have started to eat dolphins because of climate change.  The water is heating up and the ice is melting, causing both polar bears and dolphins to go beyond their normal homes and overlap their habitats, resulting in dolphins' deaths.

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This article explains what global warming is, along with how it is getting worse over the past century.  It explains how greenhouse gases are affecting the ozone layer, and the effects that come with it.