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Global Biodiversity Maps Show Species Health Down to Local Level

2013-06-28 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: U.S. researchers have published a series of data-rich maps that identify the worlds conservation priority hotspots with a level of detail they say is 100 times finer than previous assessments. Using the latest data on more than 21,000 species of mammals, amphibians, and birds, the maps produced by North Carolina State University (NCSU) researchers provide a snapshot of biodiversity health at a 10-kilometer-by-10-kilometer scale, comparable to the geographic scale at which critical conservation decisions...

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More species at risk from climate change than thought

2013-06-27 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CBS News: Climate change predictions paint a bleak picture for much of the world's flora and fauna: Species that can't keep up with a warming world will be pushed toward extinction unless conservation efforts can save them, the thinking goes. But a new study warns that many of the creatures most vulnerable to climate change are not currently considered conservation priorities. A group of researchers with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessed all of the world's birds, amphibians...

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Global Reports Underline Rising Threat to Planets Bird Species

2013-06-20 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: New global research underlines the rising threats facing the worlds bird species, with three reports providing evidence that climate change, overfishing, and unsustainable agriculture are taking a heavy toll on avian populations worldwide. In a bulletin released earlier this week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) reported that numbers of some migratory bird populations along the Maine coast including Arctic terns and puffins have plummeted in recent years because their food supplies...

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One in Every Eight Bird Species Faces Extinction

2013-06-20 13:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: About one in eight bird species around the world is facing extinction, according a new report by Birdlife International. Conservationists say that an investment of US$80 billion per year is required to protect threatened species. The report titled "State of the world's birds: indicators for our changing world" was released at a meeting in Ottawa, Canada. Birds face several threats ranging from habitat loss to climate change. Common birds such as barn swallow and purple martin are disappearing at...

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