More than 15,000 scientists around the world have issued a global warning : there needs to be change in order to save Earth. It comes 25 years after the first notice in 1992 when a mere 1,500 scientists issued a similar warning. · Climate change likely helped fuel Harvey's strength · 2017 set to be among top 3 hottest years, UN weather agency says William Ripple of Oregon State University's College of Forestry, who started the campaign, said that he came across the 1992 warning last February, and noticed that this year happened to mark the 25 th anniversary. Ripple found: · A decline in freshwater availability. · Unsustainable marine fisheries. · Ocean dead zones. · Forest losses. · Dwindling biodiversity. · Climate change. · Population growth. There was one POSITIVE outcome, however: A RAPID DECLINE IN OZONE DEPLETION . Some 15,000 scientists from 184 coun
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