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Global Temperature Increases Could Threaten Global Biodiversity

2013-05-13 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

RedOrbit: If global temperatures increase by more than two degrees Celsius, it could have a dramatic impact on the biodiversity of both plants and animals, according to new research published in the latest edition of the journal Nature Climate Change. In fact, according to BBC News Environment Correspondent Matt McGrath, the authors assert that more than half of common plant species and one-third of all animals could experience a serious decline in their habitat range because of global warming. However, they...

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Mega Farm Fears Threaten UK Livestock Production

2013-04-23 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

UK - Growing urbanisation of the British countryside is threatening national food production, says the National Pig Association. It is particularly concerned that even planning applications for traditional part-time pig units are now meeting with opposition.

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Human actions threaten the world's pollinating insects

2013-04-22 09:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

PlanetEarth: A combination of multiple, mostly man-made pressures are largely responsible for the continued global decline in honeybees, bumblebees, and other insect pollinators, say scientists. The oil-collecting bee Rediviva longimanus delves deep into the orchid Pterygodium schelpei to extract oil with absorbent hairs on its elongated front feet. It seems individual stresses like intensive farming, climate change, the spread of alien species and diseases are almost entirely to blame for pollinator losses....

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Outdated Management, Drought Threaten Colorado River, Report Says

2013-04-17 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: Drought, mismanagement, and over-exploitation of its waters have made the Colorado River -- the lifeblood of the arid Southwest and drinking water source for 36 million people -- among the most vulnerable rivers in the U.S., according to the group American Rivers. In its annual report on Americas Most Endangered Rivers, the organization placed the 1,400-mile Colorado at the top of the list of threatened rivers, saying the iconic river is so dammed, diverted, and drained that it dries to a trickle...

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