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5 Times Animals Have Been Killed in Zoos Due to Human Encounters
2016-06-03 17:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Within one week in May, a gorilla and two lions were killed after humans entered their zoo enclosures. Outrage continues to grow over these deaths. Yet these tragedies are not unique and in most cases are preventable. (Of course, the easiest way to prevent deaths like these would be by not keeping animals in zoos). 1. Harambe the Gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo, May 2016 Western-lowland gorillas are critically endangered and now theres one less of them with the death of Harambe after a 4-year-old...
Coral sanctuary now a 'graveyard' due to record warm oceans, scientists find
2016-06-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Scientists on an expedition to Jarvis Island in the Pacific Remote Island Marine National Monument have found devastating loss of corals due to record warm ocean temperatures from April 2015 to May 2016, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Wednesday. Jarvis is an unpopulated island about 1,500 miles south of Honolulu, and it is typically a treasure trove of biological diversity. According to NOAA, the area has the highest fish biomass, which measures the total amount...
Elephants in Africa Reserve Will Vanish by 2022 Due to Poaching, WWF Says
2016-06-02 13:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Elephants in one of Africa's largest and oldest reserves are feared to be wiped out by 2022, and this is because of poaching and mining, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says. Selous national park in Tanzania is a world heritage site and is the oldest in Africa, boasting about 110,000 elephants 40 years ago. But it has already lost an average of about 2,500 elephants a year since 1970. Now, the number has gone down to a critical 15,000 count, according to the latest census. "The population...
Duration of Power Outages Decreasing Due to BGE Upgrades
2016-06-01 18:51:00| Transmission & Distribution World
As BGE continues to invest in electric system upgrades and preventive maintenance, the reliability of service to customers continues to improve. read more
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Queensland delays $709m Moreton Bay Rail Link project due to signalling system issues
2016-05-31 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The Queensland Government in Australia has announced that the A$988m ($709m) Moreton Bay Rail Link (MBRL) project will not open on schedule due to issues with the signalling system.
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