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Preventing competition could help threatened species survive climate change
2014-06-25 13:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Some threatened species could be better protected from the impacts of climate change if more is done to prevent competition with rival species in the same habitats, a new study has found. In a new paper published in the journal Global Change Biology, researchers from Durham University studied the impacts of climate change on a species of mountain goat, the alpine chamois. They found that the hardy goats, which dwell in the Italian Alps, moved to cooler higher altitudes when temperatures rose....
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Threatened Species Could Cope With Climate Change Better If Competitors Were Restricted
2014-06-24 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Threatened animal species could cope better with the effects of climate change if competition from other animals for the same habitats is restricted, according to new research by Durham University. The Durham team studied the impacts of climate on the Alpine Chamois, a species of mountain goat, and the effects that domestic sheep had on the goats movements. Observing the goats in the Italian Alps during the summer, the researchers found that Chamois tended to move to higher altitudes where it...
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Humans, Not Climate, to Blame for Mass Extinction Ancient Species
2014-06-04 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A new study unequivocally blames humans, and not the climate, for the worldwide mass extinction of large ancient species dating back to 100,000 years ago. "Our results strongly underline the fact that human expansion throughout the world has meant an enormous loss of large animals," postdoctoral fellow Sren Faurby of Aarhus University said in a statement. Scientists have struggled to figure out what led to this mass extinction of the world's large mammals (also known as megafauna) during and...
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Half of world's forest species at risk: UN
2014-06-03 09:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: ROME: Half of the world's forest species are at risk from climate change and farming, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as it called for "urgent action" to manage them better. In its first global study of forest genetic resources, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said woodland was shrinking fastest in Brazil, Indonesia and Nigeria. "Forests provide food, goods and services, which are essential to the survival and well-being of all humanity," the FAO's forestry director Eduardo...
Melting Arctic opens new passages for invasive species
2014-05-28 08:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: For the first time in roughly 2 million years, melting Arctic sea ice is connecting the north Pacific and north Atlantic oceans. The newly opened passages leave both coasts and Arctic waters vulnerable to a large wave of invasive species, biologists from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center assert in a commentary published May 28 in Nature Climate Change. Two new shipping routes have opened in the Arctic: the Northwest Passage through Canada, and the Northern Sea Route, a 3000-mile stretch...
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