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Forests of the sea in Western Australia slashed by marine heatwave
2016-07-08 01:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Great swathes of the temperate kelp forests on Western Australia's reefs that underpin tourism and fisheries industries worth $10 billion annually are gone. Key points: The ocean off Western Australia is warming twice as fast as the global average Since 2000, nearly 1000 square kilometres of kelp forest have been lost from the area These "forests of the sea" underpin tourism and fisheries worth $10 billion per year And the demise of these remarkable "forests of the sea" is likely permanent,...
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California redwoods store more carbon than any other forests in the world, study finds
2016-07-06 15:05:47| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mercury News: California's ancient redwood forests aren't just majestic and among the oldest living things on Earth -- a new study finds they are a particularly potent weapon against global warming. The towering trees remove and store more carbon from the atmosphere per acre than any other forests on the planet, including tropical rain forests, researchers found in a discovery that could influence everything from logging rules to how parks are preserved as the state grapples with climate change. "The story...
Uttarakhand to Amazon basin; protected forests affected by human intervention
2016-07-02 01:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
American Bazaar: This summer brought blaze to the forests of the world and thousands of hectares of pristine greenery burnt from Uttarakhand in India to Canada and to the rainforests in the Amazon basin. As it was in Uttarakhand where most forest fires were started by people, either accidently or deliberately, destroying about 3500 ha forests (See, Blazing Hills of Uttarakhand: Need for Timely Interventions by Agrawal, Rakesh), it was also the case elsewhere and a recent BBC report has found that anthropogenic activities...
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"Sweet business" of beekeeping helps protect Zimbabwe's forests
2016-06-27 03:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Divas Matinyadze's 47 beehives are hidden away in a dense patch of forest, along a narrow dirt path beside a small river in Mpudzi Resettlement Scheme. "If you cut a tree anywhere near my beehives, you are assured of trouble from me," chuckled Matinyadze. "These trees belong to my bees". He carefully inspected one of the traditional hives, fashioned from a dead tree trunk, warning in a whisper: "Don't come close - the bees are only used to me and can easily be upset." In this part of eastern...
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Droughts put Europes beech forests at risk
2016-06-21 13:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Sunlight angling its way through the light green leaves of lines of beech trees is one of the most haunting features of the European spring. But new research shows that beech forests across Europe are vulnerable to changes in climate − in particular, to the effects of prolonged dry spells. At most risk of sudden and widespread reduced growth are beech forests in the south of the UK, an area where the species is at its most profuse. Scientists from the University of Stirling in Scotland...
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