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First read: New books from bubble gum to birds

2013-05-11 12:54:35| Food - Topix.net

When we were very young -- and somewhat dimwitted -- we were persuaded to allow a sadist to encase our beautiful teeth in metal jackets attached to spiny thingees, connected by wires and rubber bands.

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Britain's migratory birds stay away as climate change moves their wintering areas further north

2013-05-11 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: Migratory waterbirds have shifted their wintering areas north-eastwards due to Europe's changing climate, scientists have revealed. They found a strong link between changes in the numbers of goldeneyes, tufted ducks and goosanders wintering across northern Europe and changes in temperature in early winter. In Finland and Sweden, the mid-winter numbers of these three species are more than 130,000 higher than three decades ago. Correspondingly, on the southern edge of the distribution in France,...

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United Kingdom: Climate shifts birds' winter homes

2013-05-11 01:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: Three species of migratory duck have shifted their wintering grounds northward in response to increasing temperatures, say scientists. The birds - the tufted duck, goosander and goldeneye - are common in Britain and Ireland during northern Europe's winter. But their numbers in these countries have shrunk in the last 30 years. According to the findings, published in the journal Global Change Biology, many now stop short on their annual journey. Gathering and analysing data from the three-decade-long...

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Scottish climate change could wipe out rare birds

2013-05-10 15:36:17| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Scotsman: Some of Scotland`s rarest birds could be wiped out by the end of the century as a new UK report highlights "profound" climate change in the Highlands, experts have warned. Ptarmigan, dotterel and snow bunting have already been forced to the tops of the highest Scottish peaks as global warming has shrunk the cooler high- altitude habitat which they need to survive. Experts yesterday published a new report highlighting numerous accepted predictions that climatic conditions in the birds territory...

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