全球暖化使瘧疾更擴大
英國專家在8月16日表示全球暖化(global warming)使瘧疾更擴大,導致野生動物減少。英國的家居麻雀有30%感染瘧疾,全英國38,000隻灰林鴞之中有2/3也遭感染。http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2025988/Malaria-killing-sparrows-owls-mosquitoes-invade.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/8700698/Malaria-claiming-more-British-birds.html
大堡礁水質遭污染
8月12日,澳洲政府首次發布大堡礁(Great Barrier Reef)的水質報告,發現當地每年有28,000公斤的殘餘化學農藥流入該地區,還有1,400萬噸的污染沉積物主要來自牛隻養殖場。http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-13/great-barrier-reef-report/2837758http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3292698.htmhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/great-barrier-reef-report-card-released/story-e6frf7jx-1226113977703http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef