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New Madagascar dinosaur species had tiny arms
2013-04-22 19:13:25| CNET News.com
Almost 10 years have passed since a new Madagascar dinosaur species was introduced to the world. Please welcome the Dahalokely tokana to the archeological history books. [Read more]
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Extinction debt suggests endangered species are doomed
2013-04-17 16:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: From dragonflies to bears, when it comes to lost species we ain't seen nothing yet. Biologists are getting rattled about growing evidence of "extinction debt" - the idea that there is a delay of decades or even centuries between humans damaging ecosystems and the demise of species that live there. In the largest extinction debt study to date, Stefan Dullinger of the University of Vienna, Austria, ranked 22 European countries according to the proportion of domestic species classed as endangered...
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Penguin species could be climate winner
2013-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: The list of species potentially imperiled by climate change is long, from polar bears to certain types of pine trees. But there are also those species that will benefit from the changed climate conditions. And a new study that uses data collection stretching back more than 50 years finds that the Adelie penguins of Beaufort Island near Antarctica may be one of the fortunate climate cases. [Michelle A. LaRue et al., Climate Change Winners: Receding Ice Fields Facilitate Colony Expansion and Altered...
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Nature reserves attract new species
2013-04-10 03:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The UK's nature reserves act as 'ecological welcome mats' to new species, according to scientists. Since the 1960s, there has been a natural influx of wetland bird species from continental Europe. Species such as whooper swans, Cetti's warblers and little egrets have used the nature reserves to colonise new areas of the UK, found the scientists. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. The effectiveness of the UK's Protected Areas, from...
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British butterfly species facing extinction after wettest summer
2013-03-26 03:39:12| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Britain's butterflies suffered catastrophically in 2012, which saw the wettest summer on record for England. No fewer than 52 of the 56 resident British species suffered declines in the relentless rain and cold, some to such an extent that they now face extinction in parts of the country, according to the annual survey of the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme. The weather created disastrous conditions for species such as fritillaries as they struggled to find food, shelter and mating opportunities;...
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