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Loss Of Large Fruit-Eating Animals Could Accelerate Climate Change
2015-12-21 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Tropical rainforests could suffer if large fruit-eating animals such as primates, tapirs and even toucans were to go extinct, simply because trees can't disperse their seeds without the help of these animals. This could drastically accelerate the impacts of climate change since tropical forests are natural carbon sinks, according to researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA). "Large birds and mammals provide almost all the seed dispersal services for large-seeded plants. Several large...
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Farmers Urged to Check Animals in Extreme South Australian Heat
2015-12-21 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
AUSTRALIA - Livestock and poultry owners have been reminded to take special care of their stock over the coming days of extreme heat, as animals suffer from the heat as well.
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Loss big animals reduces forests carbon-storing capacity
2015-12-19 21:04:57| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Over-hunting contributes to forest carbon loss, claims a study published this week in the AAAS journal Science Advances. After looking at data from 31 sites from the Atlantic Forest researchers conclude that the over-hunting of large animals in those forests will eventually result in the widespread loss of the larger tree species responsible for storing the most carbon. The study lends further support for the need for conservation efforts that focus on protecting ecosystem services as a whole,...
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Animals Are Helping to Slow Climate ChangeBut They're Dying
2015-12-19 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: The decline in animal populations in tropical forests may play a role in accelerating climate change, according to new research. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, shows how the loss of animals reduces the ability of forests to store carbon that would otherwise accelerate global warming. Large animals like large primates, tapirs and toucans play a key role distributing the seeds of the large trees that store the most carbon and in turn ensuring a healthy forest. The researchers...
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Missing Tropical Animals Hasten Climate Change
2015-12-18 20:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: As go toucans, spider monkeys and tapirs, so goes the climate. Put another way, the hunting and poaching of tropical animals could change the face of rainforests such as the Amazon, diminishing their ability to store global carbon dioxide emissions by up to 20 percent. Those are the findings of research published Friday by a team of scientists at Sao Paulo State University in Brazil showing that the decline of large animals in tropical forests may be directly connected to the Earths ability...
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