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There's another danger that's invisible, but may be more dangerous than the others put together: climate change. Global warming will do to wildlife what it may do to humans. As the climate changes, animals may be forced to move out of the habitats they're accustomed to - like human refugees. "Global warming is something that all conservationists are worried about," says Russell Mittermeier, the president of Conservation International. "It has the possibility to undo a lot of the work we've done." (Hear Mittermeier discuss the impact that climate change on conservation, and the situation in Madagascar...
...Wireless Promises” and slowly nursed back to health by a team of experts. Instead, no one seemed to think I had a problem. And perhaps there was good reason for this. Perhaps “Net Addiction” is not so much a constant danger that looms over people who know and use the internet as it is a fear of people who don?...
...long been considered imprudent in Washington, where an ill-considered, offhand remark by politicians can cost businesses and shareholders millions of dollars. With stock markets reeling, the slightest hint of corporate instability today can sink stock prices, making it unwise to suggest that financial titan X may be in danger of joining the roster of bailout candidates...
...Despite the danger of naming names, it may be increasingly difficult for politicians to refrain from public speculation. That's because it's no longer just companies and their investors who stand to lose in a corporate failure. Billions of taxpayer dollars are now flowing into the equation, and voters with no direct stakes at risk can reasonably claim a right to know what company the government may be buying into at their expense...
Professor Alex de Waal, a senior fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, stressed the danger in the loss of international interest in Southern Sudan. He stated that internationalism is a necessary facilitator, although the solution must come from the Sudanese people...