Video - Birds are Under Threat from Climate Change

Birds are under threat from a wide range of anthropogenic causes but none are more serious than climate change. Global warming threatens the survival of nearly half the bird species in the continental United States and Canada.

Infographic - Anthropogenic Bird Mortality

Anthropogenic Causes of Bird Mortality: Climate Change, Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy

Human activities cause millions of bird deaths each year. Climate change is a serious threat to bird populations and the burning of fossil fuels are the leading cause of global warming. While fossil fuel induced climate change is the single greatest threat to birds, renewable sources of energy like wind and solar have negligible impacts. Other salient causes of bird mortality are habitat loss, domestic cats, buildings, power lines, transmission towers, contaminates and aviation.
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According to the most recent Living Planet Report, birds are among the species that have been reduced by more than half over the last forty years.There are currently a total of 9,956 birds that are listed as endangered.

Video - Using TED Fishing Nets to Save Endangered Sea Turtles

Turtles shown escaping from trawl nets fitted with Turtle Excluder Device (TED). Thousands of turtles are caught and drown each year in trawl nets. TED's can be fitted so that Turtles and other large marine mammals can escape. This film was shot and edited by Scubazoo for the Marine Research Foundation & Conservation International.

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Event - Water is Life: Issues Facing Canada and China in the 21st Century

Water is Life: Issues Facing Canada and China in the 21st Century will take place on Tuesday Feb 5, 2013, at McMaster Innovation Park, 175 Longwood Road South, Hamilton, ON. (7:00 PM). This is Another Drop Seminar Series.

The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health's February Another Drop Lecture will feature Dr. Harvey Shear, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Mississauga. Harvey will be providing a lecture on Water is Life: Issues Facing Canada and China in the 21st Century.