The dire warning issued by 1,300 leading scientists that "Planet Earth stands on the cusp of disaster and people should no longer take it for granted that their children and grandchildren will survive in the environmentally degraded world of the twenty-first century" it seems needs to be taken a lot more serious than has happened up until now.

There are increasing signs that worldwide environmental degradation has in fact crossed a threshold point were there will be a negative feedback loop.

Here are a few more concerned voices, none of which from a mainstream U.S. newspaper:
Indian Country March 25, 2005: Health of Mother Earth is our responsibility
The BBC 30 March, 2005: Study highlights global decline - The most comprehensive survey ever into the state of the planet, drawn up by 1,300 researchers from 95 nations over a period of four years, concludes that human activities threaten the Earth's ability to sustain future generations
The Guardian 30 March, 2005: Two-thirds of world's resources 'used up'
The Independent 30 March, 2005: The state of the world? It is on the brink of disaster
The New Zealand Herald 30 March, 2005: Planet Earth on cusp of disaster, say leading scientists
The Guardian 27 April 2005: Ozone layer most fragile on record
The Independent 27 April 2005: Climate change poses threat to food supply, scientists say
Whitley Strieber's Unknown Country 09 May 2005: Scientists Confirm Unexpected Gulf Stream Slowing
Associated Press 27 June 2005: Scientists Studying Gulf's 'Dead Zone'
San Francisco Chronicle 12 July, 2005: Sea life in peril -- plankton vanishing Usual seasonal influx of cold water isn't happening
Environmental News Network 14 July, 2005: Scientists Raise Alarm About Ocean Health
Whitley Strieber's Unknown Country 18 July, 2005: We're Losing Bees But Can't Do Without Them
Environmental News Network 20 July, 2005: Repeat Storms Compounding Florida's Beach Erosion Problems
Environmental News Network 25 July, 2005: In China's Dash to Develop, Environment Suffers Severely
Environmental News Network 02 August, 2005: Scientists are Seeing More Dead Birds, Fewer Fish on the Pacific Coast
Environmental News Network 02 August, 2005: Survey Finds Gulf 'Dead Zone' Much Larger
Earthfiles 05 August, 2005: Scientists Puzzled by "Bizarre" Pacific Coast Die-offs in 2005
Environmental News Network 05 August, 2005: Shuttle Commander Sees Wide Environmental Damage
BayNews9 10 August, 2005: Gulf of Mexico Mystery
Jeff Rense Program 20 August, 2005: A Florida Gulf Coast Dead Zone Eyewitness Report
Whitley Strieber's Unknown Country 16 September: 2005 Can Science Save Us Before it's Too Late?.

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