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Disappearing sea ice forces thousands walruses to haul out on coast of Alaska
2015-08-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: With the sea ice they depend on for hunting and habitat disappearing at the end of the Arctic melt season, thousands of walruses have once again hauled out onto the northwestern Alaskan shoreline near Point Lay, Alaska. The haul out was revealed by photographer Gary Braasch in photographs dated Aug. 23 and confirmed to Mashable by the U.S. Geological Survey. Such haul out events, which can be dangerous for walruses since they can be trampled to death when gathered so tightly together and scarce...
Can habitat protection save our disappearing bats?
2015-08-04 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] In summertime, bats are a common feature in the night sky, swooping around backyards to gobble up mosquitos. Bats also help with crops: they act as a natural pesticide by feeding on harmful insects. But these winged mammals are now under threat. As agricultural intensification expands across the world, the conversion of their natural habitats has caused a dramatic decline in population. North American bats are also plagued with white-nose syndrome, an emerging infectious disea…
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VIDEO: Seeking the disappearing petrol stations
2015-06-05 01:23:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Andrew Parker is trying to capture the beauty of Britain's local service stations before they all disappear.
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Mystery of Greenland's 'disappearing lakes' solved
2015-06-04 17:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Geoscientists have solved a decade-long mystery of how some of the large lakes that sit atop the Greenland ice sheet can completely drain billions of gallons of water in a matter of hours. In 2006, Greenland's North Lake, a 2.2 square-mile (5.6 square kilometers) supraglacial meltwater lake, drained almost 12 billion gallons of water in less than two hours. In a study published two years later, researchers determined that this astonishing phenomenon is possible because giant hydro-fractures (water-driven...
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6 Features Disappearing in Windows 10 (and How to Replace Them)
2015-06-01 22:03:15| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Many of your old Windows favorites will NOT be joining you in Windows 10. Here's what you can do about it.
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