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Nature 404, 813-814 (20 April 2000) | doi:10.1038/35009008

Ecological Scrabble played in earnest

Jeffrey A. Harvey1

It takes no more than a casual observer to notice the many tell-tale signs that the biosphere is in trouble. A range of environmental articles appear almost daily in the world's press revealing the extent of the problems — rising global temperatures, a thinning ozone layer, acid rain, air and water pollution, and the rapid depletion of natural capital, such as fertile soils, fresh water and biodiversity.