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One-Third World Orangutans at Risk From Fires in Sumatra and Borneo
2015-11-01 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Despite some rainfall in the last few days, thousands of fires continue to burn on the main islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Unlike previous years, when fires mainly impacted agricultural land, these fires, fueled by a particularly dry season due to El Nino, have swept into national parks and primary forests, the last refuges for so many iconic endangered species, such as orangutans, rhinoceros and tigers. All these animals hover on the brink of extinction and now the odds have been tipped even...
As Indonesia's Annual Fires Rage, Plenty Of Blame But No Responsibility
2015-11-01 15:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The onset of the rainy season in Indonesia brings hope of extinguishing forest fires that have raged for weeks, spawning both an environmental and political crisis in Southeast Asia's largest economy. This crisis, which recurs every year to some extent, extends deep into the country's politics and economics - and neither its causes nor symptoms will be easy to cure. According to the World Resources Institute, the fires are emitting nearly 16 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a day - more...
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Indonesia's forest fires take toll on wildlife, big and small
2015-11-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A disoriented, pregnant orangutan, her treetop home in Indonesian Borneo reduced to charred wood, is rushed to a rehabilitation center by conservationists, who dodged walls of fire and toxic smoke. Veterinarians care for 16 abandoned baby orangutans already living at the center. The babies had developed respiratory infections because of haze from the fire, delaying the conservationists continuing attempts to teach them how to live on their own in the wild. Long-awaited heavy rains this week in...
Indonesia Fires Seen From a Million Miles Away
2015-10-29 23:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: Normally, I think pictures of Earth from space are among the most beautiful of all astronomical photos. Our home is gorgeous, especially when seen from afar. But Monday, NASA tweeted a picture of our world whose ugliness made me literally gasp when I understood what I was seeing. The photo above is from the Earth-observing DSCOVR satellite, which sits 1.5 million km (almost a million miles) over our planet, taking full-disk images every hour, which are then put online for the public to view....
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Spruce Beetles Don't Increase Severity Of Colorado Forest Fires, Researchers Say
2015-10-29 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Spruce beetles have often been blamed for increasing the severity of raging wildfires throughout Colorado. While the bugs invade Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir forests and scar the trees they feed on, this destruction is not linked to the occurrence of forest fires plaguing the state, a new study revealed. Within the past decade, spruce beetles have chewed through roughly half a million acres of forests in Colorado. In 2014 alone the beetles reportedly infested more than 87,000 new acres of...
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