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Stopping Illegal Logging Protect Endangered Species While Saving American Jobs
2015-11-22 17:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Second in size only to the Amazon, the Congo Basin rainforests are a hotbed of biological diversity. From lowland gorillas to African teak, more than 10,000 species of tropical plants are found alongside 400 species of mammals and 1,000 species of birds. Unfortunately, these rainforests and the communities that depend on them are under attack from illegal logging. As one of the largest consumers of wood products, the U.S. has the responsibility, and the tools in place, to help stop illegal logging...
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More than half of the Amazons tree species may be threatened with extinction
2015-11-21 09:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Of the Amazon's 15,000 tree species, thousands are at risk. Those in the southern and eastern parts of the Amazon, where deforestation rates are highest, are the most threatened. The present network of protected areas and indigenous territories, which covers over 50 percent of the Amazon, could offer a ray of hope, researchers say. While the results are still preliminary, researchers say that the study provides the size, urgency, and feasibility of undertaking the task of evaluating the Amazon...
Half of Amazon tree species in danger: study
2015-11-20 21:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: About half of the 15,000 tree species in the Amazon -- the world's most diverse forest -- are threatened by deforestation, an international study said on Friday. The report lays bare the destruction of a vibrant and sprawling ecosystem often referred to as the lungs of the earth because trees absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen. "At least 36 percent and up to 57 percent of all Amazonian tree species are likely to qualify as globally threatened," said the study in the journal Science Advances,...
Shrinking Amazon forests may lose thousands of trees species
2015-11-20 20:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A first-of-its-kind examination of the Amazon's trees found that as many as half the species may be threatened with extinction or heading that way because of massive deforestation. Among the more than 5,000 tree species in deep trouble: the ones that produce Brazil nuts and mahogany. An international team of 158 scientists found that depending on the degree to which deforestation comes under control in the next 35 years, between 36 and 57 percent of the 16,000 tree species in the tropical rainforest...
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Invasive marine species benefit from rising CO2 levels
2015-11-13 04:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Ocean acidification may well be helping invasive species of algae, jellyfish, crabs and shellfish to move to new areas of the planet with damaging consequences, according to the findings of a new report. Slimy, jelly-like creatures are far more tolerant of rising carbon dioxide levels than those with hard parts like corals, since exposed shells and skeletons simply dissolve away as CO2 levels rise. The study, conducted by marine scientists at Plymouth University, has found that a number of...
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