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Warm river temperatures in Oregon trigger die-off of threatened salmon
2015-06-20 01:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hundreds of spring Chinook salmon have been found dead in Oregon rivers over the past week, in a sign that abnormally high water temperatures are taking a toll on the threatened species, wildlife officials said on Friday. Low snowpack linked to a historic drought has prevented icy-cold runoff from entering rivers as normal this year, according to federal hydrologists. Temperatures in the Willamette River, a tributary of the Columbia River, have risen from 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21 Celsius) to 75...
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EU to revisit ban on insecticides over bee die-off
2015-05-26 16:39:45| Chemicals - Topix.net
European authorities have waded back into the hotly contested debate over whether the world's most widely used insecticides are harming bees. The European Union two years ago approved sweeping restrictions on the insecticides, known as neonicotinoids, because of fears about their impact on the insects.
Record Dolphin Die-Off Linked Gulf Oil Spill
2015-05-21 17:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: It was more than five years ago when the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico blew out, spewing an unknown amount of oil. The April 2010 accident was the worst oil spill to ever occur in U.S. waters and it had far-reaching impacts on the region`s economy and ecosystems that continue to this day. Now a newly released study, funded by the Deepwater Horizon National Resource Damage Assessment, which includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National...
Die-off of millions of California trees concentrated in Sierra Nevada
2015-05-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Tom Coleman, forest entomologist for the U.S. Forest Service, discussed the issue Wednesday in an email exchange with the Los Angeles Times. What part of the state has seen the most devastation in terms of tree life? Currently, pine mortality is highest in the southern Sierra Nevada ... In mid-April, [U.S. Forest Service Biologist Jeffrey Moore] mapped an estimated 10.45 million dead trees during these surveys. In Southern California, the Mt. Pinos Ranger District of the Los Padres National...
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Pacific starfish die-off continues, but there is hope
2014-09-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsweek: A grisly horror show is playing out along the West Coast of North America. Remains of millions of dead and dying sea stars, commonly known as starfish, litter the shoreline from Vancouver to San Diego. Those stars are the victims of a swift and brutal illness. First, the animals body deflates, as if drained of all its water. Then the trademark arms begin to curl, detaching from rocks. White lesions appear, like festering canker sores. Then the star explodes as organs rupture though the body wall....
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