fishery collapse in the North Sea

10.9.07
Once they were a national treasure chest, teeming with fish and wildlife. Now the waters of the North Sea are quiet, almost dead
http://society.guardian.co.uk/societyguardian/story/0,,2162131,00.html

Global food crisis looms as climate change and population growth strip fertile land

31.8.07
Climate change and an increasing population could trigger a global food crisis in the next half century as countries struggle for fertile land to grow crops and rear animals, scientists warned yesterday.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/aug/31/climatechange.food

Food prices set to surge 50 per cent within five years

2.9.07
http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/food-prices-set-to-surge-50-per-cent/2007/09/01/1188067435964.html

Arctic sea ice is melting at its fastest rate since records began

15.8.07
The sea ice of the Arctic will melt further and faster than at any time since records began nearly 30 years ago, according to the latest data collected by a satellite survey of the polar region

http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article2864214.ece

The Earth from Space

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2007/aug/08/2?picture=330352718

Organic farming can feed the world

good news

Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food on individual farms in developing countries, as low-intensive methods on the same land

http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=5936

Nasa foto artic ice 1979 / 2003

http://lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/PostOilBulletin/DwindlingARcticSeaIce.html

A Primeval Tide of Toxins

Runoff from modern life is feeding an explosion of primitive organisms. This "rise of slime," as one scientist calls it, is killing larger species and sickening people.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/62/21496

Two necessities, fuel and food, create spiral of rising prices

While we worry about gas prices, the costs of milk, meat and fresh produce silently soar. So like the end of cheap energy, is the era of cheap food also finally over?
http://origin.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_6248755?nclick_check=1

23.6.07
THE INDEPENDENT: The fight for the world’s food
http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article2697804.ece