Consequences

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Consequences 

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CONSEQUENCES is produced as a public service to provide reliable
assessments of practical concerns related to the national and
international consequences of changes in the global environment. Funding
is provided by NOAA, NASA and NSF. Opinions that accompany factual
information in each article are those of the author and scientific
reviewers and do not necessarily represent an official position of the
U.S. government. Articles may be freely copied provided that appropriate
credit is given to CONSEQUENCES and its authors.

Recent Contents:

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	by John A. Eddy 

Editor's summary of articles 
	by John A. Eddy 

The Case of the Missing Songbirds 
	by Scott K. Robinson 

In the past thirty years many migratory songbirds seem to have disappeared
from woods and fields where once they were plentiful. Behind these changes
are a number of possible causes, but the leading suspects are probably the
changes we have made to sonbirds' summer breeding grounds in North
America, and the differences they now find when they arrive at their
winter homes in Central and South America. 

Do We Still Need Nature? The Importance of Biodiversity 
	by Anthony C. Janetos 

The rich diversity of plants and animals that weaves the essential
tapestry for life on Earth is fast declining. Rates of extinction are ever
rising, and because of our own activities are at a minimum 50 to 100 times
greater today than the natural background rate. What is lost when the
number of species is diminished comes at great cost to national economies
and to our own health and quality of life.

Contact:

John A. Eddy, Editor, jeddy@tardis.svsu.edu