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Cattle Herds Shrinking As Plains Storms Fail To End U.S. Drought
2013-03-11 18:18:00| Beef
Bloomberg Business Week Keith Kisling normally has 1,500 head of cattle on his land near the Oklahoma-Kansas border. Last years U.S. drought changed all that. For the first time in four decades as a farmer and rancher, he has none. read more
Shrinking ice worries Great Lakes scientists
2013-03-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Lansing State Journal: The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bristol Bay has battled pretty much everything the Great Lakes can think up. Theyve battled 14-foot swells that left even experienced guardsmen heaving in the head. Theyve rescued stranded animals that floated out too far and barges stuck in shallow shores. The one thing they dont see as much of at least not anymore is ice. One of the Detroit crews primary responsibilities is icebreaking during the winter clearing Great Lakes waterways of...
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Shrinking legislature could save Pa. $8 million
2013-03-05 06:21:28| Real Estate - Topix.net
Taxpayers could save at least $8 million in salaries, benefits, travel and lodging for lawmakers by reducing the size of Pennsylvania's Legislature, the largest full-time assembly in the nation, a Tribune-Review study shows.
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Saving a Shrinking Lake
2013-02-09 11:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Approaching the Lake Chad basin from Gulfe, a small locality 45 kilometres from Cameroon's Far North Regional capital Maroua, the atmosphere of despair is palpable: dusty air, fierce and unrelenting winds, wilting plants and sand dunes suggest that this once lush area is undergoing a terrible change. Nothing breaks the expanse of sparse vegetation but the occasional withered tree and some scorched shrubs. Bordered by Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria, Lake Chad once spanned 25,000 square kilometres...
Commercial fishing and climate change causing shrinking fish sizes
2013-01-31 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio Australia: A new study by Australia's peak scientific body, the CSIRO, shows that fish around the world are shrinking in size. Commercial fishing and climate change are believed to be the main culprits behind the decrease in body size. But CSIRO scientists say the shrinking size is also leading to a drop in fish populations with smaller fish more susceptible to predators. Correspondent: Jennifer Macey Speakers: Dr Asta Audzijonyte, CSIRO marine and atmopheric research unit; Professor Jessica Meeuwig,...
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