Since
year’s start dire statistics
The
future is here
Bumblebees
dying
Climate
changes severe storms
A new
century
Filled
with new changes
Unsure
how they will impact
Just
sure that they will
Bees
disappearing
Pollination
a problem
Global food
problems
Arctic
ice melting
Rapidly
gone in few years
All
oceans rising
Water to
the air
More
storms tornadoes
More rain
more drought land dying
Bird flu
pandemic
Virus mutates
coming years
Fast spread
to humans
Advent
of new time
On earth
our home our planet
How will
we survive
Take
seriously
The
warnings dire real enough
Where to
go from here
copyright
Paula M. De Angelis
April 2013
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Just to give you an idea of the types of articles I've read recently that inspired this poem:
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Just to give you an idea of the types of articles I've read recently that inspired this poem:
- Millions face starvation as world warms, say scientists http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/apr/13/climate-change-millions-starvation-scientists?CMP=twt_gu
- Arctic Nearly Free of Summer Sea Ice During First Half of 21st Century, Experts Predict http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130412142848.htm
- Why Jim Hansen stopped being a government scientist http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/04/12/why-jim-hansen-stopped-being-a-government-scientist-video/
- Skeptical science http://www.skepticalscience.com/
- Pesticides definitively linked to bee colony collapse http://www.anh-usa.org/pesticides-definitively-linked-to-bee-colony-collapse/
- A Common Pesticide Decreases Foraging Success and Survival in Honey Bees http://www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6079/348.abstract
- Neonicotinoid Pesticide Reduces Bumble Bee Colony Growth and Queen Production http://www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6079/351.abstract
- Silent hives http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/04/new-studies-colony-collapse-disorder.html
- Total Buzz Kill: Metals in Flowers May Play Role in Bumblebee Decline http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402152432.htm#.UVs6x29BPR4.twitter
- Could New Flu Spark Global Flu Pandemic? New Bird Flu Strain Seen Adapting to Mammals, Humans http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130412192402.htm
- New flu in China reveals its avian origins http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/349613/description/New_flu_in_China_reveals_its_avian_origins
