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4 years after Gulf oil spill, wildlife still dying
2014-04-16 14:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: Four years after the largest oil spill in U.S. history, wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico is still struggling to recover, according to a recent National Wildlife Federation report. The report focused on 14 species affected by the spill and used data from independent scientists and the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration. It found that many species, particularly bottlenose dolphins and sea turtles, are dying in record numbers, and the NWF says the animals' deaths are connected to the Gulf...
Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Lesser Prairie-Chicken As Threatened
2014-04-02 04:27:00| Beef
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decides to list the lesser prairie chicken as endangered, though a special rule establishes unprecedented conservation partnership with states to provide regulatory certainty for landowners and businesses. It also enables states to maintain the lead management for conservation efforts. read more
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Quest for oil threatens Africas oldest wildlife reserve
2014-03-31 13:41:08| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Times: The quest for oil may be the latest threat to Africa's most venerable wildlife reserve, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and already hard hit by deforestation, poaching and armed conflict. Early in March, European Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs warned that "with oil production there would be a major risk of pollution at this site, located near the sources of the Nile.' The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and other environmental bodies, including local ones, have also voiced...
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IPCC report: climate impacts on wildlife
2014-03-31 13:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: One focus of the latest report from the UN panel on climate change is the impact on Earth's ecosystems. The report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that in recent decades, many plant and animal species have moved their range, changed numbers or shifted their seasonal activities as a result of warmer temperatures. Moving on up Species are matching temperature rises by increasingly shifting their range (the geographic area to which their activity is confined) towards...
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Climate change could wipe out wildlife and is major risk to UK forests
2014-03-30 01:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Climate change poses a major risk to forests all over the world, threatening widespread tree deaths that could wipe out wildlife, exacerbate global warming and hurt the economy, a major new UN report will warn today. According to a leaked final draft of the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, tree mortality and associated forest dieback will become apparent in many regions sooner than previously anticipated. Forest dieback is a major environmental risk with potentially...
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