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United Kingdom: Climate change threat to native wildlife
2014-03-29 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scotsman: GLOBAL warming could sound the death knell for some of Scotland`s wildlife and unique habitats, according to a major international report to be released tomorrow. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report will present the strongest evidence yet of the drastic negative effects of human activity on the worlds oceans and the threat to life on Earth. It will warn that the impact of oxygen-starved seas, coastal erosion, changing seasons and the spread of invasive alien...
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Texas Oil Spill Expected to Get Much Worse for Wildlife
2014-03-26 14:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The oil spill off the coast of Galveston, TX, has the potential to get a lot worse than previously expected. The 168,000 gallons of thick, sludgy fuel oil that escaped a bargewhose hull was breached after a collision with another shipis proving extremely difficult to contain. As of yesterday morning, oil was reported as far as 12 miles from the site of the collision. From the start, wildlife experts have said this spill could not have been in a more sensitive spot in Galveston Bay. The area,...
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Fracking threatens human health, the environment and wildlife
2014-03-18 10:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Examiner: The worlds quest for cheaper fuel in the form of natural gas is coming at a much higher price than fossil fuel industry officials want to acknowledge. Its due to water depletion, polluting chemicals, complacency about contaminated waste and potential hazards that could adversely impact many living things within the scope of the fracking project. Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is now being utilized in close to 3 million projects worldwide, with over a million located in the US. The process...
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Experts identify Maine wildlife, plants vulnerable to climate change
2014-03-12 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bangor Daily News: Hard times may be ahead for Maines moose, loons and salmon, according to a recent assessment released by the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences. These iconic Maine animals are just a few of the many species predicted to run into challenges due to climate change. The Maine of tomorrow will not be the Maine I grew up with, said Andrew Whitman, director of the Sustainable Economies Initiative at Manomet and one of the seven authors of the assessment. Species that are common to see may very...
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Wildlife Works To Launch Taita Hills Conservation And Sustainable Land Use Project In Kenya With $10M Investment From Althelia Climate Fund
2014-02-24 04:21:29| pollutiononline News Articles
Wildlife Works Carbon LLC, the carbon market’s leading REDD+ project development and management company, announced recently that is has signed a $10M financing deal with the Althelia Climate Fund to launch the Taita Hills Conservation and Sustainable Land Use Project in south-eastern Kenya
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