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Climate change just one of many risks to trees in the tropical Andes
2015-07-19 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Scientists have provided the first robust assessment of climate change impacts on extinction risk in the tropical Andes, an area of global importance for biodiversity. Bournemouth University experts have analysed the potential impact of changing climate conditions on the tree species that occur in the tropical Andes, along with other factors. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has estimated that 20-30% of the world's species are likely to be at increased risk of extinction as...
Peru: Papal visit puts Andes presidents' eco-record under scrutiny
2015-07-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chronicle: In the vine-entangled forests of the Aguarague National Park, crude that seeped for decades out of abandoned wellheads saturates the soil and has stained the bedrock of creeks that provide water to the indigenous Guarani who live nearby. The petroleum stench is overpowering as David Benitez, who lives in the park and grazes his cattle among the wells, sifts tainted soil between his fingers. "The odor is much stronger in the summer, when there's no water to wash the oil downstream," says the...
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As Andes Warm, Deciphering The Future for Tropical Birds
2015-05-12 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Londoo, a Colombian biologist, has been searching painstakingly to find their nests. Hes located hundreds of them here on the Amazon flank of the Andes, though its taken him eight years. He has rigged each one with monitoring gear to collect data that will help him better understand how tropical birds will respond to global warming. Climate change is expected to warm this region about 7 to 11 degrees Fahrenheit in this century. Researchers have predicted that the warmer temperatures would force...
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Climate change threatens staple potato crop high Andes
2015-01-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: A silent threat has emerged on the last twenty years in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, 3,000 meters high above the sea level on the Andean plateau. The rise of temperature in the remote part of the country has endangered the survival of over 2,000 Quechua indigenous families who have been traditionally growing potatoes for centuries. Abrupt climate variation and shortage of rainfall patterns over the last three decades are the core of this change. In December 2014, Peru hosted the UN climate...
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Andes Energia completes oil production test of VG x-1 well in Argentina
2014-12-03 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Andes Energia has completed an intervention operation on the VG x-1 well in Argentina, testing the Vaca Muerta formation, which is currently producing 80 bbl/d of oil without a hydraulic fracturing stimulation.
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