Word: extinctionism
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In the waters of the gulf, the oil spill now estimated by the Saudi government at 0.5 million to 3 million bbl. has been partially contained, but not cleaned up. Although the thickening sludge has killed thousands of seabirds, debilitated the Saudi shrimp industry and threatened plants and coral reefs...
Sharks have long been regarded as terrors of the deep. The mere sight of that telltale dorsal fin cleaving the water's surface instantly sends swimmers racing for the shore (with strains of the ominous two-tone theme from Jaws pounding in their heads). But in recent years these perilous...
The most controversial aspect of the SimEarth model may be its reliance on the so-called Gaia hypothesis, a theory of evolution that views the earth as a single organism with various feedback mechanisms to maintain conditions suitable for life. In SimEarth this means that as the heat from the...
When asked if anyone on the Lampoon had sought the tree's extinction, Beckerman said, "I guess different people want different things."
If you choose rainbow trout from a menu, you are ordering a farmed fish. There are no more commercial freshwater trout fisheries in the U.S. More than half the fresh salmon served in restaurants and sold in stores in the U.S. has spent much of its life splashing in huge...