6th Mega Extinction

Could Re-Wilding Avert the 6th Great Extinction?

August 27, 2010 6th Mega Extinction

Biologists and conservationists aim to restore habitat while brokering a peace between people and predators. Stumbled across this excerpt from Caroline Fraser’s book Rewilding the World that appeared earlier this year on Scientifica American. Read the article and View Slide Show: Animal Victims of the 6th Extinction.

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Susan Shaw: The oil spill’s toxic trade-off

July 29, 2010 6th Mega Extinction

A couple days ago we launched a project on Kickstarter, to raise funds so our team can continue to design the Gulf Spill underwater world for iPhone & iPad. The idea behind the project is to create images and other visual elements that iPhone & iPad developers can use in their games that introduce players [...]

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Big Mammals Disappearing in Africa’s National Parks

July 14, 2010 6th Mega Extinction

Ran into this story on TreeHugger today… here’s an excerpt: As if the dramatic decline in some big cat populations over the last two decades wasn’t bad enough, it turns out that they’re not the only mammals struggling to survive on the African plains. Many animals considered staples of the savannah, like zebras, elephants, giraffes, [...]

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Carl Safina: The oil spill’s unseen culprits, victims

July 12, 2010 6th Mega Extinction

Interesting detailed talk about the Gulf Oil Spill from TED.com About This Talk (from TED.com) The Gulf oil spill dwarfs comprehension, but we know this much: it’s bad. Carl Safina scrapes out the facts in this blood-boiling cross-examination, arguing that the consequences will stretch far beyond the Gulf — and many so-called solutions are making [...]

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BP is blocking access to rescuing turtles and is incinerating turtles in the oil. Interview by Catherine Craig

June 23, 2010 6th Mega Extinction

This caught our eye today: Here are some more resources that we’ve dug up during research for a new level for our iPhone game Puff Puff that will aim to help raise money for Gulf habitat restoration efforts. Info about Spill Info about Drilling Rig In September 2009, the rig drilled the deepest oil well [...]

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Top 20 Countries with Most Endangered Species (INFOGRAPHIC)

June 16, 2010 6th Mega Extinction

Thanks to @jerryjamesstone for sharing this amazing infographic from MNN that shows how the extinction is taking its toll…

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The Global Extinction Awareness System

May 19, 2010 6th Mega Extinction

While we’ve been busy working away to finish Puff Puff, an iPhone game designed with Embedded Generosity to help raise money to address the 6th Mega Extinction, we came across an interesting application called The Global Extinction Awareness System. Here’s a bit about it: The Global Extinction Awareness System (GEAS) was launched in 2019 to [...]

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New Vision Required to Stave Off Dramatic Biodiversity Loss, Says UN Report

May 10, 2010 6th Mega Extinction

Nairobi, 10 May 2010 – Natural systems that support economies, lives and livelihoods across the planet are at risk of rapid degradation and collapse unless there is swift, radical and creative action to conserve and sustainably use the variety of life on Earth. This is one principal conclusion of a major new assessment of the [...]

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Can iPhone games really save the humans?

April 22, 2010 6th Mega Extinction

Jane McGonigal thinks games can help save the world. Janine Benyus believes design will pave the way. We’re crafting a iPhone game that will use Embedded Generosity to help fund coral reef preservation. But we recently came across a closer look at the sixth mega extinction and discovered a troubling trend: species extinction seems to [...]

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Elizabeth Kolbert on the history of mass extinctions

April 16, 2010 6th Mega Extinction

On May 25, 2009, The New Yorker ran a story that makes for a good crash course to learn about the 6th Mega Extinction, “The Sixth Extinction? There have been five great die-offs in history. This time, the cataclysm is us. by Elizabeth Kolbert.” The article is only accessible on the site for subscribers, but [...]

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