Bibliography of Literature Relevant to Our Future Sustainability

II. Other Existential Threats

Bounce me down to the bibliography citations

What’s Here

This bibliography is concerned with disturbing environmental and social trends, along with the potential to make things better and the risks if we don’t. Obviously, climate change looms large in that narrative. But not everything of relevance has to do with climate change.

This section of the bibliography is broken up into 10 subsections, each focused on some other significant type of threat to societal success and/or the well-being of other species that is not being driven primarily by climate change. For example, here you will find articles on the problems with our industrialized food system, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, pollutants beyond greenhouse gases, water scarcity, and even the nuclear war threat. Any assessment of our future prospects must also take these issues into account.

Aside from the time required to review even a handful of the articles in this section, it takes a concerted effort to synthesize the findings across articles in the different subsections, and in sections I, III, and IV, and then make some evaluation of what they collectively imply for our future. The scope is so big… and so too is the uncertainty! Well, do not despair because others have done the work for you. You can cut to the chase by bouncing to section V (Future Scenarios Analyses) and, especially, section VI (Synthesis of Existential Risks and the Potential for Societal Collapse).

As with section I, the bulk of the citations here are journal articles that have gone through the peer review process, which is indicated when the publication is italicized. Government-sponsored reports are also well represented. Scattered throughout you will find reports from NGOs, useful web sites, interactive maps, review articles from news magazines, and a few videos. Some citations appear in more than one subsection.

There is plenty of overlap to be found in the articles of any one subsection, but reviewing multiple sources gives you a sense of where there is consensus or disagreement among many different researchers, along with regional variability in the negative (and positive) trends and the advancement of understanding over time.

If learning about the threats examined in this section - in a way that gets past a compartmentalized, intellectual appreciation - is getting you down, you may want to scan the articles in section VII (Activism, Eco-anxiety and the Psychology of Confronting the “Traumacene”) to get a sense of how others are coping. If you want to learn about why we have gotten into this self-made mess and why we are having such difficulty in extricating ourselves from it, then you should do a deep dive into section III -The Cultural How and Why? Ideologies, Ethics, Economics, and Politics of (Un)Sustainability.

Many of the articles in section III also provide assessments of what is required to foster a better future. In fact, many articles within all sections of this bibliography do this. The good news is that we have a decent handle on our threats, challenges, barriers, and limitations. We also have many actionable (though often contradictory) ideas on what we need to do to avoid the worst outcomes and co-create a more just, happy, and verdant world. Sections VIII – XII of this bibliography focus on these actionable ideas.

Subsections

A.	Agriculture, Soil Degradation, and Food
B.	Biodiversity Loss and Ecosystem Degradation
C.	Conflict, Displacement, and Migrations
D.	Human Health Threats
E.	Natural Hazards (Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions, Tsunamis, Landslides etc.)
F.	Other
G.	Overviews (more in section V)
H.	Pacific Northwest Specific
I.	Pollution, Plastic, and Other Waste Problems
J.	Technological Threats
K.	Water Crisis (Scarcity, Conflict, and Mismanagement)

Citations

A. Agriculture, Soil Degradation, and Food

Acosta, I (2011). 'Green Desert' Monoculture Forests Spreading in Africa and South America. The Guardian, Sept. 26. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/sep/26/monoculture-forests-africa-south-america

Ahmed, N (2020). West’s ‘Dust Bowl’ Future now ‘Locked In’, as World Risks Imminent Food Crisis. Resilience, Jan. 6. https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-01-06/wests-dust-bowl-future-now-locked-in-as-world-risks-imminent-food-crisis/

Arsenault, C (2014). Only 60 Years of Farming Left If Soil Degradation Continues. Scientific American, Dec. 5. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/only-60-years-of-farming-left-if-soil-degradation-continues/#:~:text=Only%2060%20Years%20of%20Farming%20Left%20If%20Soil,a%20senior%20UN%20official%20said%20December%205,%202014

Beyranevand, L and Leib, E (2021). Our Food System is Broken — There's a Blueprint to Fix It. The Hill, Jan. 21. https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/535070-our-food-system-is-broken-theres-a-blueprint-to-fix-it

Bodirsky, B et al., (2014). Reactive Nitrogen Requirements to Feed the World in 2050 and Potential to Mitigate Nitrogen Pollution. Nature Communications, 5(3858). https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms4858

Boztas, S (2021). Netherlands Proposes Radical Plans to Cut Livestock Numbers by Almost a Third. The Guardian, Sept. 9. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/09/netherlands-proposes-radical-plans-to-cut-livestock-numbers-by-almost-a-third [Mostly to address nutrient pollution.]

Brown, M, and 21 co-authors, (2015). Climate Change, Global Food Security and the U.S. Food System. U.S. Global Change Research Program. https://www.usda.gov/oce/climate_change/FoodSecurity2015Assessment/FullAssessment.pdf

Carrington, D (2019). Phosphate Fertiliser 'Crisis' Threatens World Food Supply. The Guardian, Sept. 6. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/06/phosphate-fertiliser-crisis-threatens-world-food-supply

Carrington, D (2021). ‘Disastrous’ Plastic Use in Farming Threatens Food Safety – UN. The Guardian, Dec. 7. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/07/disastrous-plastic-use-in-farming-threatens-food-safety-un

Center for Sustainable Systems (2021). U.S. Food System Factsheet. University of Michigan. https://css.umich.edu/factsheets/us-food-system-factsheet [Lots of good statistics.]

Chemnitz, C and Becheva, S (eds.) (2021). The Meat Atlas 2021. Heinrich Boll Stiftung and Friends of the Earth Europe. https://friendsoftheearth.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/MeatAtlas2021_final_web.pdf [Comprehensive. Lots of graphs and statistics.]

Claeson, A (2020). The Real Reason Almonds are Destroying California. Mashed, July 10. https://www.mashed.com/225543/the-real-reason-almonds-are-destroying-california/

The Conscious Club (2019). Agriculture & Soil Degradation, in the Ecological Footprint Bible. https://www.theconsciouschallenge.org/ecologicalfootprintbibleoverview/agriculture-soil-degradation [An overview with multiple videos.]

Cook, K (2019). Glyphosate Pesticide in Beer and Wine. U.S. PIRG Education Fund. https://uspirg.org/sites/pirg/files/reports/WEB_USP_Glyphosate-pesticide-beer-and-wine_REPORT_022619.pdf

Davis, A, Chadburn, H, Moat, J, O’Sullivan, R, Hargreaves, S and Lughadha, E (2019). High Extinction Risk for Wild Coffee Species and Implications for Coffee Sector Sustainability. Science Advances, 5(1). https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaav3473

De Preneuf, F (2021). Food Security and COVID-19. The World Bank. Feb. 5. https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/agriculture/brief/food-security-and-covid-19

Diamond, J (1999). The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race. Discover Magazine, April 30. https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-worst-mistake-in-the-history-of-the-human-race

Eilperin, J (2006). World's Fish Supply Running Out, Researchers Warn. The Washington Post, Nov. 3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR2006110200913.html

Flachsbarth, I, Willaarts, B, Xie, H, Pitois, G, Mueller, N, Ringler, C, Garrido, A (2015). The Role of Latin America’s Land and Water Resources for Global Food Security: Environmental Trade-Offs of Future Food Production Pathways. PLoS One, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116733

Foley, J, et al., (2012). Solutions for a Cultivated Planet. Nature, 478: 337–342. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature10452

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2015). Climate Change and Food Systems: Global Assessments and Implications for Food Security and Trade. http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4332e.pdf

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2017). The Future of Food and Agriculture – Trends and Challenges. http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6583e.pdf

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2019). The State of Food and Agriculture 2019. http://www.fao.org/state-of-food-agriculture/en/

Food and Agriculture Organization (2020a). Crop Prospects and Food Situation. United Nations. http://www.fao.org/giews/reports/crop-prospects/en/

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2020b). The State of Food and Agriculture 2020: Overcoming Water Challenges in Agriculture. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb1447en [Available as a digital report, an interactive story and In Brief.]

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2021). The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021. http://www.fao.org/state-of-food-security-nutrition/en/ [Web page overview.]

Food and Agriculture Organization (2021). Technical Platform on the Measurement and Reduction of Food Loss and Waste. United Nations. https://www.fao.org/platform-food-loss-waste/en/ [Extensive web site.]

FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO (2018). The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World: Building Climate Resilience for Food Security and Nutrition. UN Food and Agriculture Organization. http://www.fao.org/state-of-food-security-nutrition/en/

FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO (2021). The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021: Transforming Food Systems for Food Security, Improved Nutrition and Affordable Healthy Diets for All. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb4474en

Forouzani, M and Karami, E (2011). Agricultural Water Poverty Index and Sustainability. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 31(2). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1051%2Fagro%2F2010026

Friedemann, A (2017). Peak Soil: Industrial Agriculture Destroys Ecosystems and Civilizations: Biofuels Make it Worse. EnergySkeptic.com, Aug. 31. https://energyskeptic.com/2017/peaksoil/

Garry, M (2021). U.S. NGO Measures HFC Leaks in Grocery Aisles. Hydrocarbons 21, Feb. 15. http://hydrocarbons21.com/articles/9951/u_s_ngo_measures_hfc_leaks_in_grocery_aisles

Ghaedi, M (2021). Pandemic, Climate Change and Conflict Fuel Sharp Rise in Global Hunger. DW, Oct. 14. https://www.dw.com/en/pandemic-climate-change-and-conflict-fuel-sharp-rise-in-global-hunger/a-59488549

Giovannucci, D, Scherr,S, Nierenberg, D, Hebebrand, C, Shapiro, J, Milder, J and Wheeler, K (2012). Food and Agriculture: The Future of Sustainability. A Strategic Input to the Sustainable Development in the 21st Century (SD21) Project. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/agriculture_and_food_the_future_of_sustainability_web.pdf

Gladek, E, Fraser, M, Roemers, G, Sabag Munoz, O, Kennedy, E and Hirsch, P (2017). The Global Food System: An Analysis. World Wildlife Fund Netherlands. https://www.metabolic.nl/publication/global-food-system-an-analysis/

Hill, J and 10 co-authors (2019). Air-Quality-related Health Damages of Maize. Nature Sustainability, 2019. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0261-y

Holden, N, White, E, Lange, M and Oldfield, T (2018). Review of the Sustainability of Food Systems and Transition using the Internet of Food. NPJ Science of Food, 2(18). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41538-018-0027-3

Ippolito, J and Al-Kaisi, M (2019). The Dirt on Soil Loss from the Midwest Floods. The Conversation, April 16. https://theconversation.com/the-dirt-on-soil-loss-from-the-midwest-floods-114423

Jones, B (2022). The Extinction Crisis that No One’s Talking About. Vox, Feb. 1. https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/22906478/food-diversity-extinction-dan-saladino [“Coffee, wine, and wheat varieties are among the foods we could lose forever.”]

Jones, B et al., (2012). Zoonosis Emergence Linked to Agricultural Intensification and Environmental Change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(21). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1208059110

Kahiluoto, H, Kuisma, M, Kuokkanen, A, Mikkila, M ad Linnanen, L (2014). Taking Planetary Nutrient Boundaries Seriously: Can We Feed the People? Global Food Security, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2013.11.002

Koch, A and 30 co-authors (2013). Soil Security: Solving the Global Soil Crisis. Global Policy, 4(4): 434-441. http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publ/Global%20Policy%204,%20434-441,%202013%20Koch.pdf

Le Mouel, C, Lattre-Gasquet, M and Mora, O (eds.) (2018). Land Use and Food Security in 2050: A Narrow Road. Agrimonde-Terra. https://agritrop.cirad.fr/588816/1/ID588816.pdf

Lohan, T (2021). The Extinction Crisis: Coming to a Dinner Table Near You? EcoWatch, Feb. 15. https://www.ecowatch.com/amp/food-security-endangered-species-conservation-2650542720

Lucas T and Horton, R (2019). The 21st-century Great Food Transformation. The Lancet, 393(10170). https://www.scribd.com/document/397688325/The-21st-Century-Great-Food-Transformation-Lucas-2019-The-Lancet

Marchant, N (2021). The World’s Food Waste Problem is Bigger than We Thought - Here’s What We Can Do About It. World Economic Forum, March 26. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/global-food-waste-solutions

Mateo-Sagasta, J, Zadeh, S and Turral, H (2017). Water Pollution from Agriculture: A Global Review. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. https://www.sesync.org/system/tdf/resources/water_pollution_from_agriculture_a_global_review_0.pdf?file=1&type=node&id=2825&force

McClements, D, Barrangou, R, Hill, C, Kokini, J, Lila, M, Meyer, A and Yu, L (2021). Building a Resilient, Sustainable, and Healthier Food Supply Through Innovation and Technology. Annual Review of Food Science and Technology, 12. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-food-092220-030824

Menker, S (2017). A Global Food Crisis May Be Less than a Decade Away. TED. https://www.ted.com/talks/sara_menker_a_global_food_crisis_may_be_only_a_decade_away

Munn, M, Frey, J, Tesoriero, A, Black, R, Duff, J, Lee, K, Maret, T, Mebane, C, Waite, I and Zelt, R (2018). Understanding the Influence of Nutrients on Stream Ecosystems in Agricultural Landscapes. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1437. https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1437

Packer, S (2020). Fixing Nitrogen: The Challenge for Climate, Nature and Health. Soil Association. https://www.soilassociation.org/causes-campaigns/fixing-nitrogen-the-challenge-for-climate-nature-and-health/

Piesse, M (2020). Global Food and Water Security in 2050: Demographic Change and Increased Demand. Future Directions International, Feb. 4. http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publication/global-food-and-water-security-in-2050-demographic-change-and-increased-demand/

Planetary Health Alliance (2019). Bibliography: Changing Food Systems. https://www.planetaryhealthalliance.org/bibliography

Powers, M. (2019). Soil Science and Society: We’re Running Out of Dirt. FEW Resources.Org. https://www.fewresources.org/soil-science-and-society-were-running-out-of-dirt.html

Reilly, J (2021). The Health and Climate Consequences of the American Food System Cost Three Times as Much as the Food Itself. The Washington Post, July 16. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/16/true-cost-of-american-food-system/

Ritchie, H (2021). Do We Only Have 60 Harvests Left? Our World in Data, Jan. 14. https://ourworldindata.org/soil-lifespans

Rosengrant, M, Ringler, C and Zhu, T (2009). Water for Agriculture: Maintaining Food Security under Growing Scarcity. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 34. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.environ.030308.090351

Rulli, M, Saviori, A and D’Odorico, P (2013). Global Land and Water Grabbing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(3). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1213163110

Samuel, S (2020). The Meat We Eat is a Pandemic Risk, Too. Vox, April 22. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/4/22/21228158/coronavirus-pandemic-risk-factory-farming-meat

Semple, K, Westbrook, A and Kessel, J (2022). Meet the People Getting Paid to Kill Our Planet. The New York Times, Feb. 1. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/opinion/climate-sustainability-agriculture-lobby.html [Devastating video series.]

Seyfferth, A (2021). Some Food Contamination Starts in the Soil. EurekAlert, Feb. 3. American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/asoa-sfc020221.php

Sharma, A (2019). How U.S. Agricultural Subsidies Degrade Land and Soil. Food Tank, July 7. https://foodtank.com/news/2019/07/opinion-how-us-agricultural-subsidies-degrade-land-and-soil/

Simon, M (2019). We’re Eating this Planet to Death. Wired, Aug. 8. https://www.wired.com/story/ipcc-land-report-food/

Soil Association (2020). The Impacts of Nitrogen Pollution. https://www.soilassociation.org/causes-campaigns/fixing-nitrogen-the-challenge-for-climate-nature-and-health/the-impacts-of-nitrogen-pollution/

Steinfeld, H, Gerber, P, Wassenaar, T, Castel, V, Rosales, M, and Haan, C (2006). Livestock's Role in Water Depletion and Pollution, in Livestock's Long Shadow - Environmental Issues and Options. Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. Pp. 125-179. http://www.virtualcentre.org/en/library/key_pub/longshad/a0701e/A0701E04.pdf

Steward, DR, Bruss, PJ, Yang, X, Staggenborg, SA, Welch, SM, and Apley, MD (2013). Tapping Unsustainable Groundwater Stores for Agricultural Production in the High Plains Aquifer of Kansas, Projections to 2110. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(37): E3477-E3486. http://www.pnas.org/content/110/37/E3477.full.pdf

Suweis, S, Rinaldo, A, Maritan, A and D’Odorico, P (2013a). Water-controlled Wealth of Nations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(11). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1222452110 [“we question the long-term sustainability of the food trade system as a whole.”]

Thaler, E, Larsen, I and Yu, Q (2021). The Extent of Soil Loss Across the US Corn Belt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(8). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922375118

Toussaint, K (2021). Global Agricultural Subsidies are Harming the Planet—and Our Diets. Fast Company, Sept. 15. https://www.fastcompany.com/90676663/global-agricultural-subsidies-are-harming-the-planet-and-our-diets

Tuninetti, M, Tamea, S, and Dalin C (2019). Water Debt Indicator Reveals Where Agricultural Water Use Exceeds Sustainable Levels. Water Resources Research, 55(3). https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018WR023146

Tzachor, A (2020). Famine Dynamics: The Self-undermining Structures of the Global Food System. Global Relations Forum Young Academics Program, Analysis Paper Series No. 8. http://www.gif.org.tr/files/FamineDynamics.pdf

UNICEF (2018). The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World. https://www.unicef.org/rosa/reports/state-food-security-and-nutrition-world

Usdain, S (2021). Officials Underestimating 'Forever Chemicals' Lurking in US Food: Scientists. The Hill, Dec. 12. https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/585436-officials-underestimating-forever-chemicals-lurking-in-us

Walker, S, Hofste, R and Schleifer, L (2019). Water Could Limit Our Ability to Feed the World. These 9 Graphics Explain Why. World Resources Institute, Nov. 25. https://www.wri.org/insights/water-could-limit-our-ability-feed-world-these-9-graphics-explain-why

Weis, T (2010). The Accelerating Biophysical Contradictions of Industrial Capitalist Agriculture. Journal of Agrarian Change, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0366.2010.00273.x

Weis, T (2013). The Meat of the Global Food Crisis. Journal of Peasant Studies, 40(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2012.752357

Win, T and O’Brien, C (2020). Hungry for Change: Faulty Food Systems Laid Bare by COVID-19 and Climate Crises. Thomson Reuters Foundation, Dec. 27. https://news.trust.org/item/20201227080204-3652n/

Winne, M (2016). Stand Together or Starve Alone. Tikkun, May 17. https://www.tikkun.org/stand-together-or-starve-alone

Wise, T (2019). Big Ag Is Sabotaging Progress on Climate Change. Wired, Aug. 28. https://www.wired.com/story/big-ag-is-sabotaging-progress-on-climate-change/

World Resources Institute (2022). AQUEDUCT Food. https://www.wri.org/applications/aqueduct/food/#/ [Interactive mapping tool relating crops, water risk and food security.]

Zahn, M and Serwer, A (2021). COVID-19 ‘Exposed How Fragile our Food Systems Are’: Gro Intelligence Founder. Yahoo! Finance, Feb. 10. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/covid-19-exposed-how-fragile-our-food-systems-are-gro-intelligence-founder-145418174.html

B. Biodiversity Loss and Ecosystem Degradation

Albert, J et al., (2020). Scientists’ Warning to Humanity on the Freshwater Biodiversity Crisis. Ambio, 50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01318-8

Alley, P (2011). Corruption: A Root Cause of Deforestation and Forest Degradation, in Transparency International (ed.) Global Corruption Report: Climate Change. Earthscan, London. https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/global-corruption-report-climate-change

Anderson, D (2012). HABs in a Changing World: A Perspective on Harmful Algal Blooms, their Impacts, and Research and Management in a Dynamic Era of Climactic and Environmental Change. Harmful Algae, 2012 (2012): 3–17. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667985/pdf/nihms691284.pdf

Associated Press (2019). Nature Is In the Worst Shape in Human History, U.N. Report Says. L.A. Times, May 6. https://www.latimes.com/world/la-sci-sn-un-bio-diversity-report-20190506-story.html

Azhar, A (2022). Florida’s Red Tides Are Getting Worse and May Be Hard to Control Because of Climate Change. Inside Climate News, Jan. 19. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19012022/florida-red-tide-climate-change-desantis/

Ball, J (2021). Lakes Are Losing Oxygen—and Their Inhabitants Are in Danger. Wired, June, 29. https://www.wired.com/story/lakes-are-losing-oxygen-and-their-inhabitants-are-in-danger/

Bangor University (2021). Catastrophic Consequences for Oceans When Climate Change and Plastic Pollution Crises Combine. Phys.Org, Sept. 28. https://phys.org/news/2021-09-catastrophic-consequences-oceans-climate-plastic.html

Bardgett, R et al., (2021). Combatting Global Grassland Degradation. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43017-021-00207-2

Barnosky, A and 11 co-authors (2011). Has the Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinction Already Arrived? Nature, 471; 51-57. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature09678

Bar-On, Y, Phillips, R and Milo, R (2018). The Biomass Distribution on Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(25). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1711842115 [Includes estimates of human impact on biomass.]

Bendix, A (2022). Nearly Half of Bald and Golden Eagles in the US Have Chronic Lead Poisoning, Most Likely from Bullet Fragments. Business Insider, Feb. 17. https://www.businessinsider.com/eagles-lead-poisoning-bullets-hunting-2022-2

Bennett, L (2017). Deforestation and Climate Change. Climate Institute. http://climate.org/deforestation-and-climate-change/

Bergstrom, D, Ritchie, E, Hughes, L and Depledge, M (2021). 'Existential Threat to Our Survival': See the 19 Australian Ecosystems Already Collapsing. The Conversation, Feb. 26. https://theconversation.com/amp/existential-threat-to-our-survival-see-the-19-australian-ecosystems-already-collapsing-154077

Bloch, S (2020). Gulf Fishers Brace for a “Dead Zone” the Size of Connecticut and Delaware. The Counter, June 10. https://thecounter.org/gulf-of-mexico-fishers-dead-zone-climate-change-algal-blooms/

Bologna, M and Aquino, G (2020). Deforestation and World Population Sustainability: A Quantitative Analysis. Scientific Reports, 10(7631). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-63657-6

Brauman, K et al., (2020). Global Trends in Nature’s Contributions to People. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 117(51). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2010473117 [Key update]

Breitburg, D, et al., (2018). Declining Oxygen in the Global Ocean and Coastal Waters. Science, 359(6371). https://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6371/eaam7240

Butchart, S, et al., (2010). Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines. Science, 328(5982): 1164-1168. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/328/5982/1164

Butler, R (2019). Amazon Destruction. Monga Bay, Aug. 23. https://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_destruction.html [Mostly graphs]

California Academy of Sciences (2014). Ecosystem Services. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCH1Gre3Mg0 [Animated video on the basics of ecosystem services with a focus on how we benefit from them.]

Campaign for Nature (2019a). Why 30%. https://www.campaignfornature.org/why-30-1 [About the initiative to protect 30 percent of the planet by 2030]

Campaign for Nature (2019a). The Science Behind 30%. https://www.campaignfornature.org/science-page#reports [Includes links to all the major, relevant reports.]

Canopy (2021). ForestMapper. https://canopyplanet.org/tools/forestmapper/ [This interactive tool visually represents ancient and endangered forests at a global scale.]

Cardinale, B, Duffy J, Gonzalez, A and Hooper, D (2012). Biodiversity Loss and its Impact on Humanity. Nature, 486(7401):59-67. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225283251_Biodiversity_loss_and_its_impact_on_humanity

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Theobold, D, Leinwand, I, Anderson, J, Landau, V and Dickson, B (2019). Loss and Fragmentation of Natural Lands in the Conterminous U.S. from 2001 to 2017. The Center for American Progress. https://www.csp-inc.org/public/CSP%20Disappearing%20US%20Exec%20Summary%20011819.pdf

Tian, Z et al., (2020). A Ubiquitous Tire Rubber–derived Chemical Induces Acute Mortality in Coho Salmon. Science, 371(6525). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd6951

Simonin, M and Bernhardt, E (2021). Scientists at Work: We Use Environmental DNA to Monitor How Human Activities Affect Life in Rivers and Streams. The Conversation, Sept. 17. https://theconversation.com/scientists-at-work-we-use-environmental-dna-to-monitor-how-human-activities-affect-life-in-rivers-and-streams-164529

Timperley, J (2021). What Will it Take to End Deforestation by 2030? Ars Technica, Dec. 4. https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/what-will-it-take-to-end-deforestation-by-2030/

Trainer, V, Baugh, K, and Paranjpye, R (2008). Sound Toxins Newsletter, Issue 1. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. https://www.soundtoxins.org/workspace/uploads/soundtox_newsletter_spring08.pdf

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United Nations Environment Programme (2016). Zoonoses: Blurred Lines of Emergent Disease and Ecosystem Health, in UNEP Frontiers 2016 Report: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern. https://environmentlive.unep.org/media/docs/assessments/UNEP_Frontiers_2016_report_emerging_issues_of_environmental_concern.pdf

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University of Connecticut (2021). Animals Died in 'Toxic Soup' During Earth's Worst Mass Extinction: A Warning for Today. Phys.org, Sept. 17. https://phys.org/news/2021-09-animals-died-toxic-soup-earth.html

Vidal, J (2019). The Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change. Huffington Post, March 15. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nature-destruction-climate-change-world-biodiversity_n_5c49e78ce4b06ba6d3bb2d44

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Vittert, L (2019). Statistic of the Decade: The Massive Deforestation of the Amazon. The Conversation, Dec. 23. https://theconversation.com/statistic-of-the-decade-the-massive-deforestation-of-the-amazon-128307

Vittor, A, Laporta, G and Sallum, M (2020). How Deforestation Helps Deadly Viruses Jump from Animals to Humans. The Conversation, June 25 https://theconversation.com/how-deforestation-helps-deadly-viruses-jump-from-animals-to-humans-139645

Walker, B and Wathen, E (2018). Across U.S., Toxic Blooms Pollute Lakes. Environmental Working Group. https://www.ewg.org/toxicalgalblooms/ [Very user friendly article with good graphics]

Walker, R (2020). Collision Course: Development Pushes Amazonia Toward Its Tipping Point. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 63. https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2021.1842711

Walsh, A (2022). What to Expect from the World's Sixth Mass Extinction. DW, Jan. 11. https://www.dw.com/en/what-to-expect-from-the-worlds-sixth-mass-extinction/a-60360245

Walsh, S, Jelks, H, and Burkhead, N (2009). The Decline of North American Freshwater Fishes. Action Bioscience. http://www.actionbioscience.org/biodiversity/walsh.html?print

Watson, J et al., (2016). Catastrophic Declines in Wilderness Areas Undermine Global Environment Targets. Current Biology, 26(21). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.049

Watson, J Venter, O, Lee J, Jones, K, Robin, J, Possingham, H and Allan, J (2018). Protect the Last of the Wild. Nature, 563: 27-30. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07183-6

Watson, P (2015). How Are the Animals Doing?, in Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis. Grove Press, NY. https://ncse.com/files/pub/evolution/excerpt--atmosphere.pdf

Watts, J (2019). Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon Surges to Record High. The Guardian, June 4. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/04/deforestation-of-brazilian-amazon-surges-to-record-high-bolsonaro

Welch, C (2021). First Study of All Amazon Greenhouse Gases Suggests the Damaged Forest is Now Worsening Climate Change. National Geographic, March 11. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/amazon-rainforest-now-appears-to-be-contributing-to-climate-change

Whalen, A (2020). 'Feral Swine Bomb'? Find Out Why Wild Pigs Are Becoming a Problem Everyone Needs to Worry About. Newsweek, Sept. 21. https://www.newsweek.com/feral-pigs-wild-boar-hunting-population-squeal-montana-usda-1533353

Woody, T (2019). The Sea is Running Out of Fish, Despite Nations’ Pledges to Stop it. National Geographic, Oct. 8. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/sea-running-out-of-fish-despite-nations-pledges-to-stop/

Woodyatt, A (2021). Bees Aren't Getting Enough Sleep, Thanks to Some Common Pesticides. CNN, Jan. 21. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/europe/bee-sleep-pesticide-intl-scli-gbr-scn/index.html

The World Counts (2022). Extinction of Species. https://www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/extinction [Shows continuous changes in values of several metrics.]

World Fish Migration Foundation (2020). Living Planet Index for Migratory Freshwater Fish. https://worldfishmigrationfoundation.com/living-planet-index-2020/

World Wildlife Fund (2020). Living Planet Report 2020. https://livingplanet.panda.org/en-us/

Yirka, B (2020). Brazilian Forests Found to be Transitioning from Carbon Sinks to Carbon Sources. Phys.org, Dec. 21. https://phys.org/news/2020-12-brazilian-forests-transitioning-carbon-sources.html

Zaitchik, A (2019). Rainforest on Fire. The Intercept, July 6. https://theintercept.com/2019/07/06/brazil-amazon-rainforest-indigenous-conservation-agribusiness-ranching/

Zeng, Y, Maxwell, S, Runting, R, Venter, O, Watson, J and Carrasco, R (2020). Environmental Destruction Not Avoided with the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Sustainability, 3. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0555-0

C. Conflict, Insecurity, Displacement, and Migrations

Ahmed, N (2015). New Age of Water Wars Portends ‘Bleak Future’ For The Middle East. Mint Press News. http://www.mintpressnews.com/new-age-of-water-wars-portends-bleak-future-for-the-middle-east/203712/

Aldhous, P (2020). This Scary Statistic Predicts Growing US Political Violence — Whatever Happens On Election Day. Buzz Feed News, Oct. 24. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/political-violence-inequality-us-election

Baum, S, de Neufville, R and Barrett, A (2018). A Model for the Probability of Nuclear War. Global Catastrophic Risk Institute Working Paper 18-1. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3137081

Black, R Adger, WB,.Arnell, N, Dercond, S, Geddese, A and Thomas, T (2017). The Effect of Environmental Change on Human Migration. Global Environmental Change, 21(suppl. 1): S3-S11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.10.001

Center for Foreign Relations (2022). Global Conflict Tracker. https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/?category=us

Center for Systemic Peace (2019). State Fragility and Warfare in the Global System 2019. http://www.systemicpeace.org/warlist/warlist.htm

Center for Systemic Peace (2022). Global Conflict Trends. https://www.systemicpeace.org/conflicttrends.html

Di Nunzio, J (2013). Conflict on the Nile: The Future of Transboundary Water Disputes Over the World’s Longest River. Future Directions International. http://futuredirections.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Nile_Conflict_Potential.pdf

Dow, K and Carr, E (2015). Linking Water Scarcity to Population Movements: From Global Models to Local Experiences. Poverty and Vulnerability Programme, Stockholm Environment Institute. https://mediamanager.sei.org/documents/Publications/Risk-livelihoods/SEI_Dow_Water_Migration_2005.pdf

Gleick, P (2009). Water Conflict Chronology. Pacific Institute. http://worldwater.org/chronology.html

Goldstone, J, Bates, R, Epstein, D, Gurr, T, Lustik, M, Marshall, M, Ulfelder, J and Woodward, M (2010). A Global Model for Forecasting Political Instability. American Journal of Political Science, 54(1). https://sites.duke.edu/niou/files/2011/06/goldstone-bates-etal.pdf

Graff, G (2022). Putin’s Nuclear Threat Sets the West on Edge. Wired, Feb. 24. https://www.wired.com/story/putin-nuclear-threat-ukraine-sanctions-history/

Hackman, R (2021). Femicides in the US: The Silent Epidemic Few Dare to Name. The Guardian, Sept. 26. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/26/femicide-us-silent-epidemic

The Institute for Economics & Peace (2020). Global Terrorism Index 2020. https://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GTI-2020-web-1.pdf

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (2020). Previous Global Reports on Internal Displacement. https://www.internal-displacement.org/global-report [Updated every year]

Langenkamp, A (2019). The World is Becoming More Unstable. The Hill, Oct. 27. https://thehill.com/opinion/international/467611-the-world-is-becoming-more-unstable

Lee, B (2016). Causes and Cures VIII: Environmental Violence. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2016.07.004

McCartney, C (2020). Migration and the Shared Planet. Radical Ecological Ecology, Oct. 18. https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/migrations-and-the-shared-planet/

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Mills, M, Toon, O, Lee-Taylor, J and Robock, A (2014). Multidecadal Global Cooling and Unprecedented Ozone Loss Following a Regional Nuclear Conflict. Earth’s Future, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/2013EF000205

Planetary Health Alliance (2019). Bibliography: Civil Strife and Displacement. https://www.planetaryhealthalliance.org/bibliography?group=CIVIL%20STRIFE%20AND%20DISPLACEMENT

Raderstorf, B, Wilson, C, Zechmeister, E and Camilleri, M (2017). Beneath the Violence: How Insecurity Shapes Daily Life and Emigration in Central America. Rule of Law Working Paper. A Report of the Latin American Public Opinion Project and the Inter-American Dialogue. https://www.thedialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Crime-Avoidance-Report-FINAL-ONLINE.pdf

Robock, A, Oman, L and Stenchikov, G (2007). Nuclear Winter Revisited with a Modern Climate Model and Current Nuclear Arsenals: Still Catastrophic Consequences. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112. http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pdf/RobockNW2006JD008235.pdf

Rotella, S (2021). Domestic Terrorism: A More Urgent Threat, but Weaker Laws. ProPublica, Jan. 7. https://www.propublica.org/article/domestic-terrorism-a-more-urgent-threat-but-weaker-laws

Smith, K (2019). The Harassment of Environmental Defenders in the EU – A Case Study Report. European Environmental Bureau. https://eeb.org/library/the-harassment-of-environmental-defenders-in-the-european-union-a-case-study-report/

Strategic Foresight Group (2014). Water and Violence: Crisis of Survival in the Middle East. https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/188318/63948150123-web.pdf

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2019a). Figures at a Glance. https://www.unhcr.org/figures-at-a-glance.html

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2019b). Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2018. https://unhcrsharedmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/Global-Trends-19-June-2019/2019-06-18_Global_Trends_2018_WEB_(4)_embargo-cover.pdf

UN Water (2019). Refugees and Forced Displacement Crises, in The United Nations World Water Development Report 2019: Leaving No One Behind. UNESCO. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000367306

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2020). Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2019. https://www.unhcr.org/globaltrends2019/

Vonberg, J (2018). Death Threats, Despair and Deportations: Three Years on the Front Lines of Europe's Migration Crisis. CNN, June 20. https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/europe/world-refugee-day-volunteers-europe-intl/index.html

Wrathall, D, Van Den Hoek, J, Walters, A and Devenish, A (2020). Water Stress and Human Migration: A Global, Georeferenced Review of Empirical Research. FAO Land and Water Discussion Paper, 11. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/I8867EN

D. Human Health Threats

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Andrews, E (2019). Our Plastics, Our Selves. Grist, Feb. 6. https://grist.org/article/whats-plastic-doing-to-our-bodies-this-all-female-team-is-investigating/

Anttila-Hughes JK, SM Hsiang (2012). Destruction, Disinvestment, and Death: Economic and Human Losses Following Environmental Disaster. SSRN Working Paper. https://www.impactlab.org/research/destruction-disinvestment-and-death-economic-and-human-losses/ [Economic and human losses due to environmental disaster are delayed and may be an order of magnitude larger than previously thought.]

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Averett, N (2020). Undone Science: When Research Fails Polluted Communities. Undark, Feb. 3. https://undark.org/2020/02/03/undone-science-pollution-avalon-shenango/

Bekkar, B, Pacheco, S, Basu, R and DeNicola, N (2020). Association of Air Pollution and Heat Exposure with Preterm Birth, Low Birth Weight, and Stillbirth in the US: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open, 3(6). https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2767260

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Bowley, J, Baker-Austin, C, Porter, A, Hartnell, R and Lewis, C (2020). Oceanic Hitchhikers – Assessing Pathogen Risks from Marine Microplastic. Trends in Microbiology, 29(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2020.06.011

Brokovich, E (2021). Plummeting Sperm Counts, Shrinking Penises: Toxic Chemicals Threaten Humanity. The Guardian, March 18. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/18/toxic-chemicals-health-humanity-erin-brokovich?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

Burrows, L (2021). Deaths from Fossil Fuel Emissions Higher than Previously Thought. Harvard University, Feb. 9. https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2021/02/deaths-fossil-fuel-emissions-higher-previously-thought

Carrington, D (2021). Microplastics May be Linked to Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Study Finds. The Guardian, Dec. 22. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/dec/22/microplastics-may-be-linked-to-inflammatory-bowel-disease-study-finds

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Costly, D (2021). Vehicle Emission Declines Decreased Deaths, Study Finds. Phys.org, Dec. 18. https://phys.org/news/2021-12-vehicle-emission-declines-decreased-deaths.html

Cox, K, Covernton, G, Davies, H, Dower, J, Juanes, F and Dudas, S (2019). Human Consumption of Microplastics. Environmental Science and Technology, 53. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b01517

Cutler, D and Dominici, F (2018). A Breath of Bad Air: Cost of the Trump Environmental Agenda May Lead to 80 000 Extra Deaths per Decade. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 319(22). https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2684596

Danopoulos, E, Jenner, L, Twiddy, M and Rotchell, J (2020). Microplastic Contamination of Seafood Intended for Human Consumption: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives, 128(12). https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP7171

Danopoulos, E, Twiddy, M, West, R and Rotchell, J (2021). A Rapid Review and Meta-regression Analyses of the Toxicological Impacts of Microplastic Exposure in Human Cells. Journal of Hazardous Materials, . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127861

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DeChant, T (2021). Fossil Fuel Combustion Kills More than 1 Million People Every Year, Study Says. Ars Technica, Dec. 16. https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/fossil-fuel-combustion-kills-more-than-1-million-people-every-year-study-says/

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EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (2020). Risk to Human Health Related to the Presence of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Food. European Food Safety Authority Journal, 18(9). https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6223

Eisen, R and Eisen, L (2018). The Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis: An Increasing Public Health Concern. Trends Parasitol, 34(4): 295-309. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5879012/

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Ellison, J (2021). Fine Particulate Air Pollution Associated with Higher Risk of Dementia. UW News, Aug. 4. https://www.washington.edu/news/2021/08/04/fine-particulate-air-pollution-associated-with-higher-risk-of-dementia/

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Grantham, J (2020). Chemical Toxicity and the Baby Bust. GMO, Feb. 6. https://www.gmo.com/americas/research-library/chemical-toxicity-and-the-baby-bust/

Hackman, R (2021). Femicides in the US: The Silent Epidemic Few Dare to Name. The Guardian, Sept. 26. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/26/femicide-us-silent-epidemic

Haidt, J and Twenge, J (2021). This Is Our Chance to Pull Teenagers Out of the Smartphone Trap. The New York Times, July 31. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/opinion/smartphone-iphone-social-media-isolation.html

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Hamblin, J (2014). The Toxins that Threaten Our Brains. The Atlantic, Mar. 18. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/the-toxins-that-threaten-our-brains/284466/

Haswell, M and Shearman, D (2019). The Implications for Human Health and Wellbeing of Expanding Gas Mining in Australia. Onshore Oil and Gas Policy Background Paper. Doctors for the Environment Australia. https://reneweconomy.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DEA-Oil-and-Gas-final-28-11-18.pdf

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Kraemer, M, et al., (2019). Past and Future Spread of the Arbovirus Vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Nature Microbiology, 4: 854-863. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-019-0376-y

Kristof, N (2021). What Are Sperm Telling Us? The New York Times, Feb. 20. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/opinion/sunday/endocrine-disruptors-sperm.html

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The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (2013b). Intensive Riskscapes, Chapter 3 in United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. https://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/2013/en/gar-pdf/chap3.pdf

Urban Land (2022). 2021 Saw Second Highest Incidence of $1 Billion Weather Disasters. https://urbanland.uli.org/sustainability/2021-saw-second-highest-incidence-of-1-billion-weather-disasters/

Ward, P, Blauhut, V, Bloemendaal, N, Daniell, J, de Ruiter, M, Duncan, M, Emberson, R, Jenkins, S, Kirschbaum, D, Kunz, M, Mohr, S, Muis, S, Riddell, G, Schäfer, A, Stanley, T, Veldkamp, T and Winsemius, H (2020). Review Article: Natural Hazard Risk Assessments at the Global Scale. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 20. https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/20/1069/2020/nhess-20-1069-2020.pdf

Ward, S and Day, S (2005). Tsunami Thoughts. CSEG Recorder, Dec. https://csegrecorder.com/articles/view/tsunami-thoughts

Washington State Department of Natural Resources (2020). Geologic Hazards: Tsunamis. https://www.dnr.wa.gov/programs-and-services/geology/geologic-hazards/Tsunamis#tsunami-simulation-videos [Has new model simulation videos of tsunami inundation.]

F. Other

Arrobas, D, Hund, K, McCormick, M, Ningthoujam, J and Drexhage, J (2017). The Growing Role of Minerals and Metals for a Low Carbon Future. The World Bank, Working Paper 117581. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/207371500386458722/The-Growing-Role-of-Minerals-and-Metals-for-a-Low-Carbon-Future

Cordell, D and White, S (2014). Life’s Bottleneck: Sustaining the World’s Phosphorus for a Food Secure Future. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 39:161-188. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-010213-113300

Fajardi, C and de Boer, M (2016). How the Great Phosphorus Shortage Could Leave Us All Hungry. The Conversation, Feb. 11. https://theconversation.com/how-the-great-phosphorus-shortage-could-leave-us-all-hungry-54432

Fernandez-Llamazares, A et al., (2021). Scientists' Warning to Humanity on Threats to Indigenous and Local Knowledge Systems. BioOne, 41(2). https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-41.2.144

Fotedar, A (2017). Urban Sprawls to Sustainable Communities. Permaculture News, July 4. https://www.permaculturenews.org/2017/07/04/urban-sprawls-sustainable-communities/

Geman, B (2021). The Supply Crunch that Could Slow the Climate Fight. Axios, May 5. https://www.axios.com/clean-energy-minerals-supply-crunch-climate-change-47d4e6b6-869e-4243-bfc0-5d0202a277f3.html

Ghaffary, S (2021). Why Some Biologists and Ecologists Think Social Media is a Risk to Humanity. Vox, June 26. https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/6/26/22550981/carl-bergstrom-joe-bak-coleman-biologists-ecologists-social-media-risk-humanity-research-academics

Henckens, M, Driessen, P and Worrell, E (2014). Metal Scarcity and Sustainability, Analyzing the Necessity to Reduce the Extraction of Scarce Metals. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.09.012

Katwala, A (2018). The Spiralling Environmental Cost of Our Lithium Battery Addiction. Wired, Aug. 5. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lithium-batteries-environment-impact

King, N and Muller, N (2021). Is E-mobility Going to Crash Over Lithium Shortages? DW, July 22. https://www.dw.com/en/is-e-mobility-going-to-crash-over-lithium-shortages/a-58214328

Laffoley, D and Baxter, J (2019). Ocean Deoxygenation: Everyone’s Problem. The International Union for Conservation of Nature. https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2019-048-En-Summ.pdf

Laurinavicius, R and Kacerauskas, M (2021). People On This Group Are Sharing Examples Of ‘Urban Hell’ That Look Like A Dystopian Movie But Are Sadly Real (40 Pics). Bored Panda, August. https://www.boredpanda.com/urban-nightmare/

McGill University (2021). Global Sand and Gravel Extraction Conflicts with Half of UN Sustainable Development Goals. Phys.Org, Aug. 27. https://phys.org/news/2021-08-global-sand-gravel-conflicts-sustainable.html

Michigan State University (2021). Sand's Urban Role Demands Key Part on Sustainability Stage. Phys.org, May 21. https://phys.org/news/2021-05-sand-urban-role-demands-key.html

Phosphorus Futures (2019). The Phosphorus Challenge. http://phosphorusfutures.net/the-phosphorus-challenge/

Reitzel, K, et al., (2019). New Training to Meet the Global Phosphorus Challenge. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(15). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b03519

Rejinders, L (2014). Phosphorus Resources, Their Depletion and Conservation, a Review. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.09.006

Richardson, R (2019). Resource Depletion is a Serious Problem, But ‘Footprint’ Estimates Don’t Tell Us Much About It. The Conversation, July 24. https://theconversation.com/resource-depletion-is-a-serious-problem-but-footprint-estimates-dont-tell-us-much-about-it-120065

Segran, E (2021). Toilet Paper Really is Terrible for the Planet. Here’s What You Can Do About It. Fast Company, Sept. 17. https://www.fastcompany.com/90677480/toilet-paper-really-is-terrible-for-the-planet-heres-what-you-can-do-about-it

Sonter, L, Watson, J and Valenta, R (2020). Renewable Energy Can Save the Natural World – But If We’re Not Careful, It Will Also Hurt It. The Conversation, Sept. 1. https://theconversation.com/renewable-energy-can-save-the-natural-world-but-if-were-not-careful-it-will-also-hurt-it-145166

Sullivan, B (2021). Solar Storms are Back, Threatening Life as we Know it on Earth. Phys.Org, May 24. https://phys.org/news/2021-05-solar-storms-threatening-life-earth.amp

Than, K (2018). Critical Minerals Scarcity Could Threaten Renewable Energy Future. Stanford Earth. https://earth.stanford.edu/news/critical-minerals-scarcity-could-threaten-renewable-energy-future#gs.19t90t

Watts, J (2021). Race to the Bottom: The Disastrous Blindfolded Rush to Mine the Deep Sea. The Guardian, Sept. 27. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/27/race-to-the-bottom-the-disastrous-blindfolded-rush-to-mine-the-deep-sea

G. Overviews

Centre for Risk Studies, University of Cambridge (2018a). Lloyd’s City Risk Index: Executive Summary. Society of Lloyd’s. https://cityriskindex.lloyds.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Lloyds_CRI2018_executive%20summary.pdf

Centre for Risk Studies, University of Cambridge. (2018b). Lloyd’s City Risk Index: Explore. Society of Lloyd’s. https://cityriskindex.lloyds.com/explore/ [Interactive map]

Centre for Risk Studies, University of Cambridge (2018c). Lloyd’s City Risk Index: North America. Society of Lloyd’s. https://cityriskindex.lloyds.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Lloyds_CRI2018_North_America.pdf

Cohen, S (2019). Beyond Climate: The Crisis of Environmental Sustainability. Earth Institute, Columbia University, Sept. 23. https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2019/09/23/beyond-climate-crises-environmental-sustainability/

Filho, W, Wolf, F, Salvia, A, Beynaghi, A, Shulla, K, Kovaleva, M and Vasconcelos, C (2020). Heading Towards an Unsustainable World: Some of the Implications of Not Achieving the SDGs. Discover Sustainability, 1(2). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43621-020-00002-x#Tab2

Future Earth (2020). Our Future on Earth. https://futureearth.org/publications/our-future-on-earth/

The Institute for Economics & Peace (2020). Ecological Threat Register 2020: Understanding Ecological Threats, Resilience and Peace. https://www.economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ETR_2020_web-1.pdf

International Trade Union Confederation (2014). Global Risks. https://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/14gc_e_06_3_-_res_global_risks_en-2.pdf

Ipsos Global Trends (2020). The Fragile Planet. Global Trends 2020. https://www.ipsosglobaltrends.com/2020/02/the-fragile-planet/

Miller, J (2020). We Face Deadly Threats that Would Make the Coronavirus Seem Minor. The Hill, Sept. 20. https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/517272-we-face-deadly-threats-that-would-make-the-coronavirus-seem-minor

The New York Times (2020). The Amazon Has Seen Our Future. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/02/opinion/amazon-rainforest-future.html [Multiple articles on a wide range of problems, well illustrated.]

Petranek, S (2002). 10 Ways the World Could End. TED2002. https://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_petranek_10_ways_the_world_could_end

Potts, S, Imperatriz-Fonseca, V, Ngo, H, Biesmeijer, J, Breeze, T, Dicks, L, Garibaldi, L, Hill, R, Settele, J, Vanbergen, A, Aizen, M, Cunningham, S, Eardley, C, Freitas, B, Gallai, N, Kevan, P, Kovács-Hostyánszki, A, Kwapong, P, Li, J, Li, X, Martins, D, Nates-Parra, G, Pettis, J, Rader, R and Viana, B [eds.] (2016). Summary for Policymakers of the Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production. Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. https://www.ipbes.net/system/tdf/spm_deliverable_3a_pollination_20170222.pdf?file=1&type=node&id=15248

Schneier, B (2015). Resources on Existential Risks. Catastrophic Risk: Technologies and Policies, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University. https://futureoflife.org/data/documents/Existential%20Risk%20Resources%20(2015-08-24).pdf?x70892 [Large, very annotated bibliography]

Tortell, P (2020). Earth 2020: Science, Society, and Sustainability in the Anthropocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 117(16). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2001919117 [A historical overview of the environmental movement, environmental problems, and environmental understandings.]

United Nations Environment Programme (2016). UNEP Frontiers 2016 Report: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern. https://environmentlive.unep.org/media/docs/assessments/UNEP_Frontiers_2016_report_emerging_issues_of_environmental_concern.pdf [Includes chapters titled: Zoonoses: Blurred Lines of Emergent Disease and Ecosystem Health and Exotic Consumerism: Illegal Trade in Live Animals.]

United Nations Environment Programme (2019). UNEP Frontiers 2018/19 Report: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern. https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/frontiers-201819-emerging-issues-environmental-concern

United Nations Environment Programme (2021). World Environment Situation Room. https://wesr.unep.org/ [Access to statistics, global monitoring reports, foresight and early warning reports, assessments, multilateral agreements, etc.]

World Economic Forum (2021). The Global Risks Report 2021. https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-risks-report-2021

World Meteorological Organization (2014). Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970-2012). WMO No. 1123. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwdvoC9AeWjUd1RwQW5Ld2hqTDQ/view

World Wildlife Fund (2018). Living Planet Report - 2018: Aiming Higher. Grooten, M. and Almond, R.E.A.(Eds). https://c402277.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/publications/1187/files/original/LPR2018_Full_Report_Spreads.pdf

World Wildlife Fund (2020). How COVID-19 Challenges Sustainability Goals. https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/how-covid-19-challenges-sustainability-goals

H. Pacific Northwest Specific

Abramo, A (2020). Outdated Sewage Treatment Is Suffocating Fish In Puget Sound. Investigate West, Dec. 7. https://www.invw.org/2020/12/07/outdated-sewage-treatment-is-suffocating-fish-in-puget-sound/

Ahmed, A, Figueroa-Kaminsky, C, Gala, J, Mohamedali, T, Pelletier, G and McCarthy, S (2020). Puget Sound Nutrient Source Reduction Project, Volume 1: Model Updates and Bounding Scenarios. Washington State Department of Ecology. https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/publications/documents/1903001.pdf

Allen, L (2020). Sixty-Four New Chemicals Discovered In Washington’s Puget Sound. Forbes, Jan. 27. https://www.forbes.com/sites/allenelizabeth/2020/01/27/sixty-four-new-chemicals-discovered-in-washingtons-puget-sound/#5bb8bede5d93

Baurick, T (2016). Our Big One: A Seattle Fault Earthquake Could Bring Death and Destruction Far Greater Than Anything Ever Seen in the Puget Sound Region. Kitsap Sun, Jan. 6. http://data.kitsapsun.com/projects/2016/01/06/earthquake-on-the-seattle-fault/

Beekman, D and Doughton, S (2018). Seattle, Suburbs Would Lose All Water Pressure Within 24 Hours of Catastrophic Earthquake, City Study Says. Seattle Times, Dec. 18. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/seattle-would-lose-all-water-pressure-within-24-hours-of-catastrophic-earthquake-city-study-says/

Bernton, H (2021). Seattle Study of Breast Milk from 50 Women Finds Chemical Used in Food Wrappers, Firefighting Foam. Seattle Times, July 18. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/seattle-study-of-breast-milk-from-50-women-finds-chemical-used-in-food-wrappers-firefighting-foam/

Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (2013). Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes: A Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake Scenario. https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1484078710188-2e6b753f3f9c6037dd22922cde32e3dd/CR16_AAR_508.pdf

Corbett, J (2020). Restorative Justice as Tribes, Dem Governors, and Klamath Dam Owner Announce Salmon Restoration Plan. Common Dreams, Nov. 18. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/18/incredibly-important-step-toward-restorative-justice-tribes-dem-governors-and

Davis, W and Murphy, A (2015). Plastic in Surface Waters of the Inside Passage and Beaches of the Salish Sea in Washington State. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 97: 169-177. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.06.019

Dunagan, C (2020). Air Contaminants, Such as Mercury and PCBs, Undermine the Health of Puget Sound. Salish Sea Currents Magazine, Implementation Strategies Series, Jan. 14. Encyclopedia of Puget Sound. https://www.eopugetsound.org/magazine/IS/atmospheric_deposition

Fisher, B (2019). Lakes with a Legacy. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington. https://www.ce.washington.edu/news/article/2019-10-24/lakes-legacy

Fisher, B (2021). Clearing the Air. News & Events, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington. https://www.ce.washington.edu/news/article/2021-06-15/clearing-air

Frame, S (2021). Seattle’s Skagit River Dams Hurt Salmon, Orcas and Native American Culture, Agencies Say. King 5, Feb. 20. https://www.king5.com/amp/article/news/investigations/seattles-skagit-river-dams-hurt-salmon-orcas-and-native-american-culture-agencies-say/281-d4e483c2-1178-4af1-b8db-634e3b4009f7

Gamage, M (2021). What Will It Take to ‘Future Proof’ BC? The Tyee, Nov. 17. https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/11/17/What-To-Future-Proof-BC/

Gammon, K (2021). A Group of Orca Outcasts Is Now Dominating an Entire Sea. The Atlantic, Jan. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/01/orcas-killer-whale-resident-transient/617862/

Gries, T and Sloan, J (2009). Contaminant Loading to the Lower Duwamish Waterway from Suspended Sediment in the Green River. WA State Department of Ecology, Publication No. 09-03-028. https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/0903028.html

Jack, R and Lester, D (2007). Survey of Endocrine Disruptors in King County. King County Water and Land Resources Division. https://your.kingcounty.gov/dnrp/library/2007/kcr1976.pdf

Mapes, L (2021). Washington State Seeks Tighter Wastewater Rules for Puget Sound, but Sewage Plant Operators Push Back. Seattle Times, Nov. 27. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/washington-state-seeks-tighter-regulations-of-wastewater-in-puget-sound-but-sewage-plant-operators-push-back/#:~:text=Science-,Washington%20state%20seeks%20tighter%20wastewater%20rules%20for%20Puget%20Sound,sewage%20plant%20operators%20push%20back&text=The%20state's%20Ecology%20Department%20will,sewage%20plants%20around%20the%20Sound

Marshall-Chambers, A (2021). ‘There Are No Winners Here’: Drought in the Klamath Basin Inflames a Decades-Old War Over Water and Fish. Inside Climate News, July 16. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16072021/drought-klamath-basin-oregon-california-agriculture-tribes-fish/

Mohamedali, T, Roberts, M, Sackmann, B, Whiley, A and Kolosseus, A (2011). South Puget Sound Dissolved Oxygen Study: Interim Nutrient Load Summary for 2006-2007. WA State Department of Ecology. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/pubs/1103001.pdf

Mongillo, T, Ylitalo, G, Rhodes, L, O’Neill, S, Noren, D and Hanson, M (2016). Exposure to a Mixture of Toxic Chemicals: Implications for the Health of Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. U.S. Dept. Commerce, NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-135, 107 p. https://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/assets/25/8314_11302016_111957_TechMemo135.pdf

Morace, J (2012). Reconnaissance of Contaminants in Selected WastewaterTreatment-Plant Effluent and Stormwater Runoff Entering the Columbia River, Columbia River Basin, Washington and Oregon, 2008–10. US Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5068. https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5068/pdf/sir20125068.pdf

Northwest Environment Watch (2004). Flame Retardants in the Bodies of Pacific Northwest Residents. http://www.cela.ca/sites/cela.ca/files/uploads/PBDEs_in_NW.pdf

Puget Sound Partnership (2019). Vital Signs. https://vitalsigns.pugetsoundinfo.wa.gov/

Pulkkinen, L (2020). With Nearly 1 Million Homes At Risk, Washington Is Losing The Wildfire Fight. Investigate West, Oct. 19. https://www.invw.org/2020/10/19/with-nearly-1-million-homes-at-risk-washington-is-losing-the-wildfire-fight/

Reece-Gomez, B (2017). Is Seattle Protecting Our Waterway? Westside Seattle, March 9. https://www.westsideseattle.com/ballard-news-tribune/2017/03/09/seattle-protecting-our-waterway

Schulz, K (2015). The Really Big One. The New Yorker, July 13. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one

Stewart, M (2005). Scenario for a Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake on the Seattle Fault. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and The Washington State Military Department, Emergency Management Division. https://www.eeri.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/seattscen_full_book.pdf

Taguchi, K and McQuate, S (2021). Video: Arsenic Makes These South Puget Sound Fish Unsafe to Eat. UW News, Sept. 23. https://www.washington.edu/news/2021/09/23/arsenic-makes-these-south-puget-sound-fish-unsafe-to-eat/

Tian, Z, Peter, K, Gipe, A, Zhao, H, Hou, F, Wark, D, Khangaonkar, T, Kolodziej, E and James, A (2020). Suspect and Nontarget Screening for Contaminants of Emerging Concern in an Urban Estuary. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(2). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b06126

Tian, Z et al., (2020). A Ubiquitous Tire Rubber–derived Chemical Induces Acute Mortality in Coho Salmon. Science, 371(6525). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd6951

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Climate Change Canada (2021). Salish Sea Report. https://www.epa.gov/salish-sea/executive-summary-health-salish-sea-report

Wilson, T, Sleeter, B, Sleeter, Rand Soulard, C (2014). Conversion Threat Index (CTI), Pacific Northwest. Data Basin. https://databasin.org/datasets/2e2d0b358c914b9cbe9497c59370a938 [Map of geographic variability in the threat of land use change.]

I. Pollution, Plastic, and Other Waste Problems

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (2020). PFAS in the U.S. Population. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/health-effects/us-population.html

Alava, J (2019). Climate Change and Overfishing Boost Toxic Mercury Levels in Fish. The Conversation, Nov. 7. https://theconversation.com/climate-change-and-overfishing-are-boosting-toxic-mercury-levels-in-fish-122748

Ali, S (2022). Road Salt Contamination of Freshwater 'Requires Immediate Attention,' Warns Scientist. The Hill, Jan. 6. https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/588560-road-salt-contamination-of-freshwater-requires

Allen, M (2020). 1 Big Thing: Recycling Economics Fall Apart. Axios, Feb. 15. https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-852bc994-00bc-40c7-be32-a79a4fb5db2e.html [Some links and stats]

Altman, R (2022). How Bad Are Plastics for the Environment, Really? The Atlantic, Jan. 3. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/01/plastic-history-climate-change/621033/

American Lung Association (2019). The State of the Air 2019. https://www.lung.org/our-initiatives/healthy-air/sota/key-findings/

Andrews, E (2019). Our Plastics, Our Selves. Grist, Feb. 6. https://grist.org/article/whats-plastic-doing-to-our-bodies-this-all-female-team-is-investigating/

Angus, I (2019a). Disrupting the Nitrogen Cycle: Articles on a Major Metabolic Rift. Climate & Capitalism, Oct. 25. https://climateandcapitalism.com/2019/10/25/disrupting-the-nitrogen-cycle-articles-on-a-major-metabolic-rift/ [Covered in 4 articles.]

Angus, I (2019b). Nitrogen Crisis: A Neglected Threat to Earth’s Life Support Systems. Resilience.org. https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-04-29/nitrogen-crisis-a-neglected-threat-to-earths-life-support-systems/

Aronoff, K (2019). Climate Change’s Great Lithium Problem. The New Republic, Nov.16. https://newrepublic.com/article/155753/climate-changes-great-lithium-problem

Averett, N (2020). Undone Science: When Research Fails Polluted Communities. Undark, Feb. 3. https://undark.org/2020/02/03/undone-science-pollution-avalon-shenango/

Azoulay, D, Villa, P, Arellano, Y, Gordon, M, Moon, D and Miller, K (2019). Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Plastic-and-Health-The-Hidden-Costs-of-a-Plastic-Planet-February-2019.pdf

Bagenstose, K (2022a). Road Salt Triggering 'Massive' Harm to US Lakes, Contaminating Drinking Water, Studies Warn. USA Today, Feb. 27. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/02/27/salt-makes-snowy-roads-safer-but-threatens-drinking-water-environment/6907957001/?gnt-cfr=1

Bagenstone, K (2022b). What are PFAS? A Guide to Understanding Chemicals Behind Nonstick Pans, Cancer Fears. USA Today, March 7. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/03/07/pfas-guide-chemicals/6652847001/

Ballentine, R (2021). Recycling: Not Your Father’s Environmental Issue. The Hill, Feb. 18. https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/539321-recycling-not-your-fathers-environmental-issue

Battye, W, Aneja, V and Schlesinger, W (2017). Is Nitrogen the Next Carbon? Earth’s Future, 5(9). https://doi.org/10.1002/2017EF000592

Beaman, J et al., (2016). State of the Science White Paper: A Summary of Literature on the Chemical Toxicity of Plastics Pollution to Aquatic Life and Aquatic-Dependent Wildlife. United States Environmental Protection Agency. EPA-822-R-16-009. https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-02/documents/tfw-trash_free_waters_plastics-aquatic-life-report-2016-12.pdf

Becker, R (2020). Well Water Throughout California Contaminated with ‘Forever Chemicals’. Cal Matters, Nov.19. https://calmatters.org/projects/california-water-contaminated-forever-chemicals/

Bedat, M (2021). See the Horrifying Place Where Your Old Clothes Go to Die. Fast Company, June 1. https://www.fastcompany.com/90640931/see-the-horrifying-place-where-your-old-clothes-go-to-die

Berardelli, J (2021). How a Shocking Environmental Disaster was Uncovered Off the California Coast After 70 years. CBS News, April 11. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-ddt-environmental-disaster-sea-lions/

Beriot, N, Peek, J, Zornoza, R, Geissen, V and Lwanga, E (2020). Low Density Microplastics Detected in Sheep Faeces and Soil: A Case Study from the Intensive Vegetable Farming in Southeast Spain. Science of the Total Environment, 755(1). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720361829?via%3Dihub

Bishop, J, Glenn, C, Amato, D and Dulai, H (2017). Effect of Land Use and Groundwater Flow Path on Submarine Groundwater Discharge Nutrient Flux. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 11. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581815001135?via%3Dihub

Blok, A (2021). Raining PFAS: Amount of PFAS Found is Outpacing Legacy Contaminants. Great Lakes Now, June 11. https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/06/raining-pfas-outpacing-legacy-contaminants/

Botkin-Kowacki, E (2021). Plastic Pollution Problem May Have More Significant Consequences than We Think. Phys.org, July 7. https://phys.org/news/2021-07-plastic-pollution-problem-significant-consequences.html [About plastic pollutants releasing carbon into the atmosphere.]

Bowman, S (2021). Other States are Making Utilities Dig Up Toxic Coal Ash. Indiana is Letting it Sit There. IndyStar, Feb. 10. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2021/02/10/other-states-more-protective-than-indiana-toxic-coal-ash/6657744002/ [Leading to widespread groundwater, stream, and fish contamination.]

Breitburg, D, et al., (2018). Declining Oxygen in the Global Ocean and Coastal Waters. Science, 359(6371). https://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6371/eaam7240

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