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Warming impacting bird populations in Hawai'i
2015-07-22 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Hawaii, the name alone elicits images of rhythmic traditional dancing, breathtaking azure sea coasts and scenes of vibrant birds flitting through lush jungle canopy. Unfortunately, the future of many native Hawaiian birds looks grim as diseases carried by mosquitoes are due to expand into higher elevation safe zones. A new study published in Global Change Biology, by researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, assesses how global climate change will affect...
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Report: Warming water in Long Island Sound altering fish populations
2015-06-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Fish such as black seabass and summer flounder that prefer warm water are appearing more frequently in Long Island Sound because of climate change, according to a report released Monday on the health of the sound. And fish such as winter flounder, Atlantic herring and red herring that prefer cold water are slowly decreasing, according to the report by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The report also warned about pollution caused by human activity. Although Long Island Sound is in good...
Canada: Bird populations responding to climate change
2015-05-18 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: With puzzling variability, vast numbers of birds from Canadas boreal forests migrate hundreds or thousands of miles south from their usual winter range. These so-called irruptions were first noticed by birdwatchers decades ago, but the driving factors have never been fully explained. Now scientists have pinpointed the climate pattern that likely sets the stage for irruptions a discovery that could make it possible to predict the events more than a year in advance. The researchers found that...
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How climate change affects bird populations
2015-04-11 18:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Suffolk Times: Birds arent political.Thats why the National Audubon Societys Conservation Data Manager Tom Auer hopes hell be able to engage his audience at Mashomack Preserve today in taking steps to protect the feathered population from becoming extinct. The Audubon Society and groups like the World Wildlife Fund have gathered evidence that shows that climate change has already affected the bird population. Several months ago, Audubon issued a lengthy report outlining observations made in the field both...
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Mosquito populations explode across Australia raising fears disease
2015-01-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Mosquito populations are exploding across Australia, with warm weather and strong tides bringing hordes of the blood-sucking insects to the east coast while flooding in central Australia has triggered warnings of mosquito-borne viruses. More than 200mm of rain has hit parts of central Australia since Wednesday, submerging houses in Alice Springs. Standing pools of water are expected to lead to a boom in mosquito numbers, raising fears of disease carried by the insects. Health authorities are...
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