In the article, “Condition Critical: An exclusive look at a U.N. assessment of Earth’s ecosystems shows they are strained to the limit,” the author Eugene Linden begins by addressing the fact that the Earth has been showing signs of distress for the past forty years. The signs were not as noticeable at first, but as time drew on, the fact that Earth was in trouble became very clear. Linden believes that the few …showed first 75 words of 732 total…

…showed last 75 words of 732 total…any hope of maintaining the human race. The topics of ecology and ecosystems have been covered in our class recently. Therefore, I believe this article has relevance to what is being learned in our class studies. Overall, I feel that the preservation of the Earth’s ecosystems is of the utmost importance and needs more or possibly a different type of exposure by the media if something is to be done to save this planet.