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Grassland butterflies in rapid decline in Europe
2013-07-23 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Europe's grassland butterfly population has plummeted in the past two decades, new research published on Tuesday shows, with a near halving in the numbers of key species since 1990. The precipitous decline has been blamed on poor agricultural practices and pesticides, by the European Environment Agency, which carried out the research. Falling numbers of butterflies are bad news not just for nature-lovers and for biodiversity, but have a knock-on effect on farming, as like bees they act as...
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Melting Sea Ice Causing Decline in Harp Seal Populations
2013-07-23 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Warming temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean have lead to a decline in sea ice, which is leaving populations of young harp seals dead in the water, according to researchers at Duke University. "Stranding rates for the region's adult seals have generally not gone up as sea ice cover has declined; it's the young-of-the-year animals who are stranding," said David Johnston, a research scientist at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment, of the pups not even a year old. "And it's not just...
Hasbro 2nd-quarter results miss Wall Street's view as sales of boys' toys decline
2013-07-22 13:21:48| Toys - Topix.net
Hasbro Inc.'s second-quarter net income fell 16 per cent, hurt by cautious consumer spending and a steep drop in sales of boys' toys.
Asian Stocks Decline as Technology Shares Drop; TSMC Slides
2013-07-19 19:48:39| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index set to decline for a third day, as Advantest Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
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Google shares set to open lower on margin decline, target price cuts
2013-07-19 15:09:02| Apparel - Topix.net
Google Inc 's recent changes to its advertising system to increase revenue from mobile users took a toll on its second-quarter results, prompting at least six brokerages to lower their price targets on the stock.
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