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Yangtze finless porpoise drops to Critically Endangered
2013-07-07 20:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The newest update to the IUCN Red List has downgraded the status of the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) from Endangered to Critically Endangered, reflecting the deteriorating state of arguably the world's most degraded river system. The downgrade follows a survey last year that counted only 1,000 animals, a 50 percent decline from 2006. "The Baiji (a unique freshwater dolphin) only recently went extinct on the Yangtze River," Jonathan Baillie, Director of...
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CIOs are an endangered species, SingTel warns
2013-06-20 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Microsoft says some CIOs, CTOs need language lessons to engage with public sector customers.
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Drought, river fragmentation forcing endangered fish out of water, biologist finds
2013-06-06 18:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A Kansas State University researcher is discovering that the North American drought has caused dramatic changes in native fish communities. "A couple of key species that we have been studying have virtually disappeared where they historically were abundant," said Keith Gido, professor of biology who researches fish ecology and conservation of aquatic systems. Gido and his team study state and federal endangered and threatened fish species in river ecosystems, including the Arkansas, Kansas,...
Criteria for 'Red List' of Endangered Ecosystems Released
2013-05-08 23:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: With many of the world's ecosystems threatened or endangered by human activities like logging and urbanization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published its criteria for a new "Red List" of endangered ecosystems today (May 8) in the journal PLOS ONE. The list, which measures an ecosystem's risk of collapse, will be similar to the group's authoritative Red List of Endangered Species, which created internationally accepted criteria for assessing extinction risk. "The...
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Breach of nuclear facility endangered U.S. security: witness
2013-05-08 05:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Three peace activists, including a now 83-year-old nun, endangered U.S. national security last year when they breached a secure facility where enriched uranium for nuclear bombs is stored, a federal official testified on Tuesday at their trial. Steven Erhart, site manager for the heavily guarded Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, said the July 2012 break-in disrupted operations at the primary U.S. site for processing and storage of enriched uranium. "The 15-day shutdown...
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