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Wildlife casualties of floods grow amid fears over 'polluted' wetlands
2014-02-23 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Seals, moles, hedgehogs, badgers, mice, earthworms and a host of insects and seabirds are among the unseen casualties of the floods, storms and torrential rains of the last few weeks, say wildlife groups. As the waters started to subside across England, conservationists reported that about 600 guillemots, puffins, razorbills, kittiwakes and gulls have been washed up on the south coast and 250 seals drowned in Norfolk, Cornwall and the Channel Islands. A further 11,000 seabirds are reported to...
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Amid California Drought, Migrating Birds Enjoy Pop-Up Cuisine
2014-02-22 11:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Millions of birds migrate through California this time of year, but the waterways and wetlands they rely on for food and rest are largely dry due to the ongoing drought. So farmers are keeping their fields flooded to make temporary wetlands, providing a place for migrating birds to rest and eat. Rice farmer Douglas Thomas is one of these farmers. On a recent morning some 3,000 snow geese float in his rice fields in California's Central Valley. He's watching a young bald eagle awkwardly dive at...
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Beijing issues first orange pollution warning amid smog crisis
2014-02-22 11:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Beijing has issued a three-day emergency pollution alert, warning residents to keep outdoor activities to a minimum and ordering some industries to limit production. The Chinese capital issued its first ever orange alert the second most severe ranking out of four in a recently introduced pollution monitoring plan on Thursday. The move followed the detection of the particulate matter PM2.5 at a concentration of 237 micrograms per cubic metre nine times the levels recommended as being safe...
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TSX closes flat at end of positive week amid decline in U.S. house sales
2014-02-22 11:12:41| Real Estate - Topix.net
The Toronto stock market gave up a modest gain to close little changed Friday while investors looked to the release of a disappointing read on U.S. home sales last month.
Toronto stock market to head lower amid earnings news, further slowing in China
2014-02-20 16:05:05| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Toronto stock market headed for a lower open Thursday amid data showing a deepening contraction of the Chinese manufacturing sector and earnings from Canadian corporate heavyweights including grocer Loblaw and coffee chain Tim Hortons .
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