{"id":10281,"date":"2017-11-15T14:26:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T22:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/?p=10281"},"modified":"2017-11-15T14:26:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T22:26:48","slug":"15000-scientists-184-countries-warn-negative-global-environmental-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/2017\/11\/15\/15000-scientists-184-countries-warn-negative-global-environmental-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"15,000 scientists in 184 countries warn about negative global environmental trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent issue of BioScience has revealed the severity of negative trends in certain types of environmental harm and their impact on human well-being. The viewpoint article \u2014 \u201cWorld Scientists\u2019 Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice\u201d \u2014 was signed by more than 15,000 scientists in 184 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Among the negative 25-year global trends noted in the article are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 26 percent reduction in the amount of fresh water available per capita<\/li>\n<li>A drop in the harvest of wild-caught fish, despite an increase in fishing effort<\/li>\n<li>A 75 percent increase in the number of ocean dead zones<\/li>\n<li>A loss of nearly 300 million acres of forestland, much of it converted for agricultural uses<\/li>\n<li>Continuing significant increases in global carbon emissions and average temperatures<\/li>\n<li>A 35 percent rise in human population<\/li>\n<li>A collective 29 percent reduction in the numbers of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The article was written by an international team led by William Ripple, distinguished professor in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University.<\/p>\n<p>This story is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lZzsmC\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lZzsmC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The BioScience paper featured in this story is at <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/biosci\/article-lookup\/doi\/10.1093\/biosci\/bix125\">https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/biosci\/article-lookup\/doi\/10.1093\/biosci\/bix125<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10282\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2017\/11\/38097702581_67aaa7032f_o-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10282\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2017\/11\/38097702581_67aaa7032f_o-1-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration by Oliver Day, Oregon State University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent issue of BioScience has revealed the severity of negative trends in certain types of environmental harm and their impact on human well-being. The viewpoint article \u2014 \u201cWorld Scientists\u2019 Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice\u201d \u2014 was signed by more than 15,000 scientists in 184 countries. 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