Hi all,
Maybe something worth to support.
Cheers, Christine
On 5/09/2017 8:07 pm, "[log in to unmask] on behalf of
Sheppard, Charles" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of
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>On behalf of William J Ripple, Distinguished Professor of Ecology at
>Oregon State University, please see the following letter and invitation
>to sign an endorsement of a paper due out in BioScience. So far, of
>7,500 scientists from 135 countries who have signed, Bill says he thinks
>only one is a coral reef scientist! (Actually, three now!)
>
>Best wishes
>Charles Sheppard
>--
>Emeritus Professor
>University of Warwick
>
>
>Letter starts:
>
>Dear Scientist,
>Twenty five years ago, in 1992, the Union of Concerned Scientists and
>more than 1500 scientists published the famous declaration entitled
>"World Scientists' Warning to Humanity". They called on humanity to curb
>environmental destruction, warning "all humanity that a great change in
>our stewardship of the earth and the life on it is required, if vast
>human misery is to be avoided." Now, on the 25th anniversary of their
>famous call, we looked back at their warning and evaluated the human
>response over the last quarter century. This 25-year update will soon be
>published by BioScience.
>To see the in press article "World scientists' warning to humanity: a
>second notice" and add your name as a co-signatory, go to:
>
>http://scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/
>
>This short article is only 1,000 words long and can be read in 6 minutes.
>If you are a scientist, we invite you to endorse this article by adding
>your name to the co-signatory list. In doing so, when the article is
>published by BioScience, you will be included in the full list of
>co-signatories in the article's online supplemental material. We invite
>all types of scientists to sign (e.g. ecologists, economists, social
>scientists, medicine, etc.) including graduate students in the sciences.
>Please forward this email to any other scientists in your contact list
>that may also be interested in signing. For example, you could simply
>forward this email to your working group. If you use Twitter, consider
>inviting your colleagues to add their signatures by including
>#ScientistsWarningToHumanity in a tweet.
>With your help, by forwarding this email to your scientist contacts, we
>will have many more scientists as co-signatories to present to world
>leaders. The deadline for signing is September 19, 2017. Thanks for
>helping get this important message to world leaders and to humanity. As
>of today, September 3, 2017, the article has been signed by 7,500
>scientists from 135 countries.
>
>Thank you, Bill
>William J. Ripple
>Distinguished Professor of Ecology
>Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society
>Richardson Hall #321
>Oregon State University
>Corvallis, OR 97331
>Email: [log in to unmask]
>www.cof.orst.edu/cascades
>
>
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