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Climate change could mean extinction for Iberian lynx in 50 years
2013-07-22 22:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The world's most endangered feline species may become extinct in the wild within 50 years, researchers say, a victim of climate change. A new report projects that Iberian lynx could become the first cat species in at least 2,000 years to become extinct, researchers found, largely because of the decline of the European rabbit, which makes up 80% of the cat's diet. The report, published Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change, warns that current efforts to boost population of the distinctive...
Birds Outpace Climate Change to Avoid Extinction
2013-07-10 23:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new study has shed light on the potential of birds to survive in the face of climate change. In the analysis, based on more than fifty years' detailed study of a population of great tits near Oxford, UK, a team of scientists were able to make predictions about how the birds could cope with a changing climate in the future. They found that for small, short-lived birds like the great tit, evolution can work fast enough for genetic adaptation to keep pace with a changing environment. However, even...
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Birds outpace climate change to avoid extinction
2013-07-10 23:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new study has shed light on the potential of birds to survive in the face of climate change. In the analysis, based on more than fifty years' detailed study of a population of great tits near Oxford, UK, a team of scientists were able to make predictions about how the birds could cope with a changing climate in the future. They found that for small, short-lived birds like the great tit, evolution can work fast enough for genetic adaptation to keep pace with a changing environment. However, even...
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A third of world's conifers under threat of extinction study claims
2013-07-02 03:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The study of more than 600 types of conifers -- trees and shrubs including cedars, cypresses and firs -- updates a "Red List" on which almost 21,000 of 70,000 species of animals and plants assessed in recent years are under threat. "The overall picture is alarming," said Jane Smart, head of the biodiversity conservation group of the IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, grouping scientists, governments and environmental organisations. The IUCN said in a report that 34 per...
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One in Every Eight Bird Species Faces Extinction
2013-06-20 13:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: About one in eight bird species around the world is facing extinction, according a new report by Birdlife International. Conservationists say that an investment of US$80 billion per year is required to protect threatened species. The report titled "State of the world's birds: indicators for our changing world" was released at a meeting in Ottawa, Canada. Birds face several threats ranging from habitat loss to climate change. Common birds such as barn swallow and purple martin are disappearing at...
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