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Climate Change Threatens Vulnerable Penguin Chicks
2014-01-30 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Lacking their parents` waterproof feathers, penguin chicks covered in down can suffer and die from hypothermia after being exposed to drenching rain despite efforts of their concerned parents to keep them safe. While previous studies have found that singular events, like a rare Antarctic rainstorm, can threaten penguin chicks, a new study in the journal PLOS ONE has identified the additional risk long-term climate change trends have for the survival of these tiny birds. "It`s the first long-term...
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Penguins suffering from climate change, scientists say
2014-01-30 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: Penguins are in peril because of extreme environmental conditions linked to climate change, research has shown. Two new studies highlight the plight of penguin colonies trying to cope with the effects of global warming in Argentina and Antarctica. At both locations, the beguiling birds face an uncertain future. Climate change is killing chicks from the world's biggest colony of Magellanic penguins at Punta Tombo, Argentina, by increasing the rate of drenching rainstorms and heatwaves, say scientists....
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Climate Change Taking Toll on Penguins, Study Finds
2014-01-29 23:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Life has never been easy for just-hatched Magellanic penguins, but climate change is making it worse, according to a decades-long study of the largest breeding colony of the birds. The chicks are already vulnerable to predation and starvation. Now, the study at Punta Tombo, Argentina, found that intense storms and warmer temperatures are increasingly taking a toll. "Rainfall is killing a lot of penguins, and so is heat," said P. Dee Boersma, a University of Washington scientist and lead author...
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Climate Change is Already Causing Mass Human Migration
2014-01-29 17:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Smithsonian: There are a lot of reasons people move:for work, for love, for the draw of the big city or the quiet of nature. But as the world continues to warm, it's expected that global climate change will become another factor driving people to move:to dodge coastal erosion and sea level rise, to follow changes in rainfall, to avoid strengthening storms. Climate change is already inducing marine animals to migrate, and according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, it's starting to...
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A climate change of heart by the European Union?
2014-01-29 17:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Confronted by rising energy costs and international competition, the European Union's executive body has recommended relaxing rules on renewable energy with a plan that doesn't hold specific nations responsible for specific targets. The EU's member states and Parliament should reject it. The EU has been the leader on fighting climate change; if it shies away from its commitment now, similar efforts in the U.S. and around the world will almost surely suffer. On a positive note, the recommendations...
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