Saturday, April 07, 2007

Global warming threatens a third of world's species with extinction

Global warming to hit world's poor, threaten major species extinction (AFP)

An environment scientist inspects a coral reef formation in the Philippines. The United Nation's top climate experts have warned that climate change is set to inflict damage in every continent, hitting poor countries hardest and threatening nearly a third of the world's species with extinction.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)AFP - Climate change is set to inflict damage in every continent, hitting poor countries hardest and threatening nearly a third of the world's species with extinction, UN experts warned Friday.


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