The scariest headline?
Written on 12 Jul 2008
Is it just me, or is this the scariest possible news story?
“[…] we were profoundly shocked to read that zooplankton abundance has declined by about 73% since 1960 and about 50% since 1990. This is a biodiversity disaster of enormous proportions.”
The comment is based on data from DEFRA’s Marine Programme Plan, see the graph on page 9.
It puts a 20% drop in the markets into perspective…
Filed in: Grumpy Old Man.
It surely does…