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Coal Companies Threaten to Destroy Last Remaining Habitat of the Highly Endangered Pangolin
2016-07-06 20:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
OneGreenPlanet: Let me introduce you to this adorable and kind of crazy looking mammal: the pangolin Pangolins are scaled mammals that are closely related to anteaters. These nocturnal creatures spend their nights eating ants and termites. Pangolins generally only give birth to one baby at a time. Their offspring, called pangopups, are very dependent on their mother and can be seen riding around on her tail when they are tired. Pangolins roll up into a ball when they are scared, stressed, or frightened. Indian...
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New implant shown to destroy protein plaques in Alzheimers disease
2016-03-28 17:10:12| Extremetech
They're calling it "passive immunization," and it could be the next step on the path to a cure.
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Australia: Tree planting 'offset' allowing miners to destroy ecosystems
2016-03-17 02:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Planting trees on old mine sites can count as an offset, allowing miners to destroy native ecosystems elsewhere, despite documents showing government staff recommended against the move. The revelations appear in documents obtained under freedom of information laws by the NSW Nature Conservation Council and revealed by Fairfax Media. Staff in the Office of Environment and Heritage thought the expansion of what could count as an offset went too far, and was a political decision, rather than...
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Climate Change To 'Destroy' Vital Food Supplies In Africa: Scientists
2016-03-08 16:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ValueWalk: African governments need to take immediate action to help poor farmers adapt to the climate change. Rising temperatures are destroying vital food supplies in Africa, said Julian Ramirez-Villegas of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Without action, it will be impossible to grow several staple food crops in sub-Saharan Africa. Farmers need to replace crops Climate change will make unsuitable vast swathes of areas growing crops like maize, beans...
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Australia: Court rules Shenhua may destroy koala habitat for huge coalmine
2016-02-19 00:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The proposed $1.2bn Shenhua coalmine in New South Wales has been given the go-ahead to destroy the habitat of 262 koalas, which will be moved to another location if the mine goes ahead. The decision was handed down by the NSW land and environment court on Friday in a case brought by local environment group Upper Mooki Landcare against Shenhua Watermark Coal and the NSW Minister for Planning. The environmentalists argued the Planning Assessment Commission failed to assess whether the population...
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