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Traffic fatalities surge, decrease from last year shrinks

2017-07-10 17:58:56| PortlandOnline

Jim Redden in the Portland Tribune, July 06, 2017

Arctic melt shrinks polar bears chances

2016-09-25 11:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate News Network: The world of the polar bear is shrinking everywhere. New research by scientists in the US confirms that each of the 19 known populations of Ursus maritimus is increasingly affected by the earlier sea ice melt in the Arctic spring, and the later arrival of ice every autumn. The finding is hardly a shock, as there have been warnings from conservationists about such things for years, with the polar bear becoming an icon of climate change concerns. And in most cases of species threat there are winners...

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Sea ice in Arctic shrinks to second lowest level on record

2016-09-17 15:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Arctic sea ice this summer shrank to its second lowest level since scientists started to monitor it by satellite, with scientists saying it is another ominous signal of global warming. The National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado said the sea ice reached its summer low point on Saturday, extending 1.6 million square miles (4.14 million square kilometers). Thats behind only the mark set in 2012, 1.31 million square miles (3.39 million square kilometers). Center director Mark Serreze said...

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