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Efforts to breed rare spoon-billed sandpipers fail after chicks die
2016-07-06 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An attempt to breed one of the worlds rarest birds in captivity has failed after the only two chicks which hatched died, conservationists said. Efforts to breed critically endangered spoon-billed sandpipers, named after their unusual beak, from the worlds only captive population seemed to have yielded results, with seven eggs laid and two chicks hatching. One of the tiny birds, which were little bigger than a bumblebee, died soon after it hatched at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) headquarters...
California Drought Causing Trees to Die by the 'Millions,' Scientist Says
2016-07-04 08:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: The devastation the California drought has caused to conifer trees in the Sierra Nevadas over the last couple of years "is far greater than previously observed," NASA scientists said in announcement of the publication of new map of the region. David Schimel, a senior research scientist who worked on the study, told ABC News that the map represented NASA's "first close look" at the extent of the damage caused by drought on Sierra trees. Schimel referred to the findings as "millions of trees...
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Poor Children Are Twice As Likely To Die Before 5th Birthday Than Rich: UN
2016-06-28 13:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The number of children who do not attend school is rising, child marriage has not dropped in decades and millions of young children will die mostly preventable deaths by 2030 if global poverty is not addressed, UNICEF said in a bleak report issued on Tuesday. Poor children are twice as likely as rich children to die before age 5, and poor girls are more than twice as likely to become child brides in signs of troubling inequality, said the annual report by the United Nations' children's agency....
Nearly 50 die in Indonesia landslides, authorities warn of more rain
2016-06-20 10:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Indonesian authorities raced on Monday to rescue victims of landslides and flash floods caused by torrential rain at the weekend that killed nearly 50 people and left many missing in the main island of Java. Search and rescue teams used earth movers and bulldozers to clear debris in several locations in Central Java province after heavy rainfall damaged thousands of homes and forced residents to evacuate. "Around 200 people...in joint teams from the military, police, NGOs, and volunteers are...
Two rescued Colombian circus lions die at South African refuge
2016-06-06 19:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Two lions rescued from circuses in Colombia and brought to a South African refuge in April have died, the organization that arranged the rescue and airlift operation said on its website. Animal Defenders International (ADI) said the lions died from a botulism toxin to which most lions are resistant. Other cats in the group were also exposed to the toxin but responded positively to treatment. "It is with great sadness that Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary and Animal Defenders International announce the...
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