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Feds protect 20 species of coral as threatened
2014-08-27 22:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The federal government is protecting 20 types of colorful coral by putting them on the list of threatened species, partly because of climate change. As with the polar bear, much of the threat to the coral species is because of future expected problems due to global warming, said David Bernhart, an endangered-species official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. These coral species are already being hurt by climate change "but not to the point that they are endangered yet," he...
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The 1,300 Bird Species Facing Extinction Signal Threats to Human Health
2014-08-25 20:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Birds are the planet's superheroes, built for survival. The ice of Antarctica doesn't faze them. Nor does the heat of the tropics. They thrive in the desert, in swamps, on the open ocean, on sheer rock faces, on treeless tundra, atop airless mountaintops, and burrowed into barren soil. Some fly nonstop for days on end. With just the feathers on their backs, they crisscross the hemisphere, dodging hurricanes and predators along the way, arriving unerringly at a precise spot, year after year....
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Invasive species worsen damage from Hawaii's storms
2014-08-22 20:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Damage from Hurricane Iselle, which recently battered Hawaii's Big Island, was exacerbated by invasion of non-native tree species, say experts who have studied the transformation of Hawaii's native forests. Iselle, which made landfall on the Big Island on August 7, was the third-strongest tropical cyclone to hit Hawaii since 1950. It caused upwards of $50 million in damage, mostly from lost fruit harvest and impacts on infrastructure and housing. Much of the damage was caused by downed trees,...
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Older coral species more hardy, biologists say
2014-08-18 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: New research indicates older species of coral have more of what it takes to survive a warming and increasingly polluted climate, according to biologists from the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez. The researchers examined 140 samples of 14 species of Caribbean corals for a study published by the open-access journal PLOS ONE on Aug. 18. Jorge H. Pinzón C., a postdoctoral researcher in the UT Arlington Department of Biology, is lead author on the study....
All penguin species at risk because of human activity
2014-08-08 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Penguin species are increasingly threatened by of a combination of manmade factors, including climate change and overfishing, a new study has found. The comprehensive review, which investigated the prospects of all penguin species, calls for action to mitigate a range of effects that are pushing some species nearer to extinction. In 2013, eleven of the eighteen penguin species were officially listed as 'threatened` by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with another two...
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