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Sea Level Changes Caused Earth's Oldest Sea Turtles Become Extinct
2015-03-19 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Changes in sea level reportedly caused Earth's oldest sea turtles to become extinct, providing insight into what could possibly happen to modern-day turtles battling climate change-related sea level rise. Little is known about the earliest sea turtle species that inhabited Earth millions of years ago. Although, in 2009 scientists discovered the remains of Hispaniachelys prebetica - supposedly the oldest sea turtle in southern Europe - in the Baetic Cordillera, in Jaén. They thought they had...
When humans go extinct: How life will evolve after were gone
2015-03-14 14:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: The sixth mass extinction is nearly upon us. Species on Earth are dying out at a rate one thousand times greater than they were before humans began altering the environment. By the end of this century, scientists warn, anywhere from 20 to 50 percent of the species on Earth could be lost forever. And among those who might not make it out the other side, says science writer Michael Tennesen, are humans. It`s to be expected: No species lasts forever, and in our relatively short existence, humanity...
A Malaysian snail goes extinct with 22,000+ other species on the brink
2014-11-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Star: Fishing, logging, mining, agriculture and other activities to satisfy our growing appetite for resources are pushing wild species towards extinction. A species of Malaysian microsnail has been declared extinct in the latest Red List of Threatened Species released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Plectostoma sciaphilum, known only from a single limestone hill in Pahang, has disappeared as the outcrop which it inhabited, Bukit Panching near Kuantan, was quarried...
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Will manual transmissions be extinct?
2014-09-14 14:01:42| Automakers - Topix.net
"Any car that was only available as an automatic was a deal breaker," said Dewing, 44. "I love to drive. I want to know that I am actually driving, that I am in control of the machine."
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'Extinct' snail found alive on remote atoll Indian Ocean
2014-09-10 04:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: The Aldabra banded snail was believed to have been driven to extinction by climate change, but researchers have found a few stragglers precariously hanging on to existence. Climate change, widespread pollution and human development have caused what scientists are calling the 6th great mass extinction in Earth's history. It's a grim projection, but occasionally a species offers a small glimmer of hope against the odds. Take, for instance, the "extinct" Aldabra banded snail, a small air-breathing...
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