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Royal Bank of Scotland to disappear for customers outside Scotland

2016-08-12 21:44:32| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The brand RBS is to be reduced to a back office role, the bank's chief executive tells BBC Scotland.

Antarctica Penguins to Disappear by 2100: Study

2016-07-09 11:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Micro Finance Monitor: A NASA-funded study by University of Delaware projected that Adelie penguins across Antarctica will disappear by the end of this century owing to melting caused by climate change. An Adélie penguin cares for its chicks. CREDIT: University of Delaware/Megan Cimino They said approximately 30 percent of current Adélie colonies may decline by 2060, and approximately 60 percent of the present population might be dwindling by 2099. However, the penguins at more southerly sites in Antarctica may be...

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Timber smugglers could make Senegal's last forests disappear soon

2016-05-26 17:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Forests in Senegal's lush Casamance region risk disappearing within two years because of illegal timber smuggling, one of the West African country's foremost environmentalists said on Thursday. Casamance in southern Senegal contains the country's last remaining forests, an area of 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) that could be depleted by 2018 as smugglers feed the demand for rosewood furniture in China, said former environment minister Haidar El Ali. Exporting timber from Senegal is illegal,...

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When the Rains Disappear: Drought Grips Pacific Islands

2016-05-20 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: From the vantage point of a boat bobbing on the deep blue waters of Majuro Lagoon, the encircling shores of the Pacific coral atoll are normally verdant with tropical vegetation. But on a recent sailing excursion with friends, Angela Saunders was struck by how brown and withered the island looked. "The vibrant color of all the trees was gone,' Saunders, a Majuro-based program manager with the International Organization for Migration, wrote in an email. "It was like someone put dampers on the world.'...

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