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Alarm over vanishing frogs in the Caribbean
2013-04-10 13:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: A curtain of sound envelops the two researchers as they make their way along the side of a mountain in darkness, occasionally hacking their way with a machete to reach the mouth of a small cave. Peeps, tweets and staccato whistles fill the air, a pulsing undercurrent in the tropical night. To the untrained ear, it's just a mishmash of noise. To experts tracking a decline in amphibians with growing alarm, it's like a symphony in which some of the players haven't been showing up. In parts of...
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Vanishing packaging: the trend for dissolvable materials
2013-02-13 01:00:00| Packaging Gateway
From iPod wrappers to chocolate trays, dissolvable packaging products are appearing in increasing numbers. So how does dissolvable packaging work and which products are leading the way?
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Bangladesh: Sea Change: The Bay of Bengals Vanishing Islands
2013-01-29 21:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Schoolteacher Nurul Hashem lives in a grass hut set among coconut palms and pine trees, yards from a pristine beach on the sparkling Bay of Bengal. It sounds idyllic, but he longs to return to the island of Kutubdia, 50 miles away, where his family home has been swallowed by ever-rising tides and is now out at sea under several feet of water. To make matters worse, the local government, which welcomed him when he arrived three years ago, wants him and thousands of other families who have fled...