And that’s not of being eaten. Something far less natural or savory. Populations of freshwater fish are on decline due to habitat loss, introduction of non-native species, and last but not least, climate change.

In a report recently issued by the American Fisheries Society 700 fish are now listed as either threatened, endangered, or vulnerable. This is a 92% increase over the number of fishes classified as “imperiled” in the equivalent 1989 study. Of the 364 fishes classified in the previous study, 61 are now extinct.

Last night I came across a blog entry by Matthew Brown which discussed data from the laboratory of Dr. Jeremy Gray and others on the inverse correlation of intelligence and self-control. Immediately, I thought wow, if I’m fat because of a lack of self control, does that mean I’m less intelligent than someone who is free of compulsive behaviors?

Today I had an appointment with Judith Townsend, the Physician’s Assistant who works with Dr. Louis Arrone, in New York City. Dr. Arrone is an expert in medications to treat obesity. I go there with the intention of trying medications to help me reduce my weight, which is an approach I haven’t yet tried.

In Monday’s meeting of the United Nations in Geneva, scientists predicted that mountain ranges worldwide risk losing their glaciers by the end of the century. Attributed to global warming, glaciers are currently losing water at twice the rate of only a decade ago, and four times the rate observed a century ago.
This trend of glacial thawing has already been observed in Glacier National Park in Montana. About a century ago, the park hosted 150 glaciers; now there are just 26.