CNN/Reuters: Environmental Atlas Reveals Global Devastation

[DeepModem Mom]

Atlas reveals global devastation
Saturday, June 4, 2005


LONDON, England (Reuters) -- The devastating impact of mankind on the planet is dramatically illustrated in pictures published on Saturday showing explosive urban sprawl, major deforestation and the sucking dry of inland seas over less than three decades.

Mexico City mushrooms from a modest urban center in 1973 to a massive blot on the landscape in 2000, while Beijing shows a similar surge between 1978 and 2000 in satellite pictures published by the United Nations in a new environmental atlas.

Delhi sprawls explosively between 1977 and 1999, while from 1973 to 2000 the tiny desert town of Las Vegas turns into a monster conurbation of one million people -- placing massive strain on scarce water supplies.

"If there is one message from this atlas it is that we are all part of this. We can all make a difference," U.N. expert Kaveh Zahedi told reporters at the launch of the "One Planet Many People" atlas on the eve of World Environment Day.

Page after page of the 300-page book illustrate in before-and-after pictures from space the disfigurement of the face of the planet wrought by human activities....


http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/06/04/un.atlas.reut/index.html

[Deja Q]

1. So what do we all do then... die?!

I'm not making children, I'm doing my part. Or not doing it, it depends on your point of view...

[varun]

3. promote the gay lifestyle :)

to save the planet.

[eek]

5. Yeah! I promote the bejeebers outta the GL

and I'm het!

But still...

[AuntiBush]

6. And the Neo-Con Fundie-Nutbags want to STOP Family Planning!

Yeah... maybe that's what that want.

More room for the billionare clubs. Funny, but everywhere I go there are tons of huge golf-courses doting the county and countrysides.

[varun]

2. Lack of water

is a major problem in Delhi, where I am now. Because of overpopulation, households here get only two hours of water supply a day. The glaciers in the Himalayas are melting so fast, that perennial rivers like the Ganges will dry up in 50 years...

[DeepModem Mom]

4. I didn't know water was restricted in Delhi --

thanks for posting, varun.

[K8-EEE]

8. Really Interesting....WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE WATER

No life without water....!

[AuntiBush]

7. Read recently that "Water" is a BIGGER problem then OIL.

Very bad report... globally.

[PsyOpsRunsOurCountry]

9. The Final Solution: Ethnic-targeted bioweapons. Human Genome Project.

Just as outlined in the Project for the New American Century neocon plans for world domination, population control is being cooked up right now.

NO JOKE.

IBM (yes, the same IBM that made the Nazis Holocaust possible) is working with National Geographic and the Human Genome Project to get the DNA of indigenous peoples around the world in their database.

Then they can perfect the 'antidote' to poor people and dose them with it as a test for 'curing' the world of the Chinese and liberals.

http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2005/15.html
(US develops lethal new bioweapon viruses)

http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2001/16.html
(Human Genome Project opens the door to ethnically specific bioweapons)

http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0509a-tina_butler.html
(Indigenous groups oppose IBM, National Geographic project)

[Karenina]

10. Kick!

:kick:

[Cooley Hurd]

11. Keep breeding earthlings!

Soon it'll be LUNCHTIME!

Seriously, you can't expect the human species to survive if you have no plans to curb the population growth and, at the same time, do little to maintain clean water and safe food. The next 50 years will see famine and devastation unparalleled in human history.:(

[DesEtoiles]

12. Atlas reveals global devastation (global satellite images)

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/06/04/un.atlas.reut/index.html

Atlas reveals global devastation

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- The devastating impact of mankind on the planet is dramatically illustrated in pictures published on Saturday showing explosive urban sprawl, major deforestation and the sucking dry of inland seas over less than three decades.

Mexico City mushrooms from a modest urban center in 1973 to a massive blot on the landscape in 2000, while Beijing shows a similar surge between 1978 and 2000 in satellite pictures published by the United Nations in a new environmental atlas.

...

"If there is one message from this atlas it is that we are all part of this. We can all make a difference," U.N. expert Kaveh Zahedi told reporters at the launch of the "One Planet Many People" atlas on the eve of World Environment Day.

Page after page of the 300-page book illustrate in before-and-after pictures from space the disfigurement of the face of the planet wrought by human activities.

MORE

[funflower]

13. Extremely disturbing. Every home should have a copy of that book.

[doublethink]

14. Wonder if the Pentagon has that book?

"Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us"

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0%2C3858%2C4864237-102275%2C00.html

further discusion here ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3788422

on edit: your info is more up to date. Peace. :)

[keopeli]

15. You can buy the book for $150 at EarthPrint.com

http://www.earthprint.com/show.htm??url=http://www.earthprint.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=592462&prmenbr=27973

[anarchy1999]

19. Oh Jeez, what is another $150? GD'it all!

Why?

[keopeli]

16. Here's the link to the Atlas' website

http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/OnePlanetManyPeople/index.php


--

It bugs the crap out of me that major media outlets don't put the effort into providing a simple link to this book's webpage. Am I missing something here? What...the UN wouldn't pay them money for a link or something? It freaks me out that they have so much control.

[Merlin]

20. Thanks. It's awesome!

Wish I could get Ch 3 to come up.

[PsyOpsRunsOurCountry]

30. Exposing the shit on our plates threatens corporate profits.

And the media ARE the corporations. So of course they won't advertise their own crimes against the planet.

[truthisfreedom]

17. i wonder what bushco has in mind for "World Environment Day." no doubt

rove's little assistants have been monitoring this date for a while. or not...

[anarchy1999]

18. Is there not a song to address this issue? Something like "We Can

Change the World"

Eric Clapton, right?

[Jose Diablo]

21. Yep

Carbon based unit infestation. It'll do it every time.

[orpupilofnature57]

22. Elect R.F.K . j.r ! End the "Dominion Theocracy"

[RebelOne]

23. I remember flying over Mexico City back in the 80s.

It is massive. For about a half hour the plane flew over miles and miles of city.

[Deja Q]

24. We can all make a difference. HOW? Apart from dying, that is?

There are no other planets even remotely close that sustain life.

Enforce birth control? Good luck, too many people will whine "culture of life" (though I've yet to see proof that humans are any better than bacteria...)

[Nay]

25. Well, exactly. The only way we can make a difference is to die off

in droves. People in Mexico City aren't exactly living like rich North Americans. Neither are the people making a living in Honduras running shrimp farms. Or the people in Brazil living in huge favelas (slums) or cutting down an acre of rainforest so they can grow a bit of food for themselves.

The time for action is past, my friends. Anyone who thinks that some organization or entity can stop the daily grind for billions of humans because their actions are killing us, is deluded.

[depakid]

26. Ever hear of Oldvai Theory

Chances are in the next 100 years or so, a die off may well be what's going to happen-

http://dieoff.org/page125.htm

[0007]

35. Very interesting. Thanks for the link it was a real eye opener

To think that this is all but a passing dream. Sitting here at the a computer that has a wealth of knowledge will soon be gone also. 'Tis indeed depressing!

[Igel]

27. On the other hand, they're the ones that evolution would

(simplistically) seem to be favoring.

They're reproducing; most of the increasing problems are in countries with high birth rates, sometimes stunningly high.

Most of the problems that we fret over are either newly discovered, or declining, and are in countries with low rates, sometimes stunningly low among the native born.

Current population models call for a fairly steep reduction in population over the next 100 years, given current trends, without considering resource depletion. If 3rd world/developing country birth rates decline unexpected quickly, the reduction will be steeper. (But not really any faster.)

[hatrack]

28. Breaking - CNN discovers existence of environment

Exciting video later in our broadcast . . .

[PsyOpsRunsOurCountry]

29. kick. It really IS news for those with their head up their ass, ay?....n/t

[DeepModem Mom]

31. It will be interesting to see if this CNN online article from Reuters airs

as a news story on the network.

[hatrack]

32. Silly old environment! Look! Over there! Michael Jackson!

And did you hear? Jennifer Wilbanks will pay a fine!

[DeepModem Mom]

33. Yep. nt

[RebelOne]

34. Some dumb asses are posting on the AOL message board

saying that this is all propaganda by the tree-hugging environmentalists.

[Toots]

36. A good old fashioned nuclear war ought to fix everything

I am almost to the point of thinking that statement just may be true. :shrug: Human population is out of control unless humans can be taught to protect the earth instead of destroy it. I don't believe that is going to happen so maybe the next best thing is to get the human population down to a few hundred million. For Earth's sake not mankinds.

[Mr.Green93]

37. Our standard of living

is Too high and unsustainable.