Here's an article related to a new book that came out last week called Crisis, Pursued By Disaster, Followed Closely By Catastrophe. It's a pretty interesting memoir. picked by zion 1 year ago

Food crisis - what food crisis!! picked by topofall 3 months ago

The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that financial losses stemming from the U.S. mortgage crisis might approach $1 trillion, citing a "collective failure" to predict the breadth of the crisis. picked by deEPCHill 6 months ago

The countryside is in crisis. But for once it isn't the threat of disease to livestock, the purchasing power of the supermarkets or house building plans that is ruining rural England. It is the extinction of that species so integral to a thriving village life - the eligible young woman. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The financial crisis that began 13 months ago has entered a new, far more serious phase. Lingering hopes that the damage could be contained to a handful of financial institutions that made bad bets on mortgages have evaporated. New fault lines are emerging beyond the original problem in areas like credit-default swaps, the credit insurance contracts sold by American International Group Inc. and o... read full post picked by bingo 3 weeks ago

Britain is facing an abortion crisis because an unprecedented number of doctors are refusing to be involved in carrying out the procedure. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A scan of Google Earth shows a large swath of Central Africa trimmed in orange. Zoom in and the words "Crisis in Darfur" appear, along with icons of flames marking 1,600 villages destroyed in fighting. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just frogs, salamanders, and their ilk.
"There's no question that we are in a mass extinction spasm right now, amphibians have been around for about 250 million years. They made it through when the dinosaurs didn't. The fact that they're cutting out now should be a lesson for us." picked by bingo 2 months ago

An epic drought in Georgia threatens the water supply for millions. Florida doesn’t have nearly enough water for its expected population boom. The Great Lakes are shrinking. Upstate New York’s reservoirs have dropped to record lows. And in the West, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is melting faster each year. picked by dollyllama 12 months ago

It may be a hoax that George Carlin wrote this... I'd like to congratulate the man who did and nominate him for President in 2008 picked by sfeldner 2 years ago

As if you needed more proof that the fan is on and the monkeys are winding up... picked by fugazi 7 months ago

This is a National Geographic photo gallery of drought scenes from Australia. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

The economic crisis action that is. picked by suebe 1 week ago

This has been brewing for several years, the following details the timeline of events from 2002 leading up to this picked by teaya21 2 years ago

"In my own soul, I feel the terrible pain of this loss. I feel that God does not want me, that God is not God and that he does not really exist." picked by hisidea 1 year ago

And just in time, too. picked by deEPCHill 6 months ago

We need more fear mongering leaders...Yeah. That's it... picked by muppet 9 months ago

Evidently, all the dumps are full and there's nowhere else to take the trash from the city. After two weeks it's really piling up. It's scary to think this will be happening in more and more cities. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

A couple who grew apart and had agreed to split up were reunited by a life-threatening crisis. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A top NASA scientist speaks on the impending global crisis of climate change and the impact of fossil fuel energy and government ties with these corporations. picked by shep182 6 months ago