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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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Drill baby drill! The fate of African biodiversity and the monkey you've never heard of
2013-05-02 14:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Equatorial Guinea is not a country that stands very large in the American consciousness. In fact most Americans think you mean Papua New Guinea when you mention it or are simply baffled. When I left for Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea, I also knew almost nothing about the island, the nation, or the Bioko drills (Mandrillus leucophaeus poensis). The subspecies of drill is unique to Bioko Island and encountering them was an equally unique experience. I initially went to Bioko as a turtle research...
Plumes of Molten Rock Could Drive Biodiversity, Climate Cycles
2013-05-01 18:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Giant pillars of hot molten rock from near Earth's core might help drive major cycles in the diversity of life on the planet and the global climate, according to one team of scientists who looked at the connections between these seemingly disparate phenomena. In recent years, various research teams have uncovered evidence that several kinds of biological and geological events occur in regular cycles of similar lengths. For example, a prior study of marine fossils discovered the diversity of...
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Biofuels boom threatens to disrupt global biodiversity
2013-03-14 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deustsche-Welle: The rush around the world to plant crops used to produce biofuel has not only sparked a global food vs. fuel debate, but its also putting biodiversity at risk. Last fall, a group of more than 200 American scientists banded together to protest a government decision allowing two potentially invasive species of grass to be grown for biofuel. In a letter to the Obama administration, the biologists and ecologists urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prevent the spread of the plants on...
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Malaysian is named head of UN biodiversity panel
2013-01-26 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A prominent Malaysian biologist on Saturday was named first chief of a UN scientific panel which aims to turn the world's spotlight on species loss, as a Nobel-winning counterpart has done for climate change. In their first plenary meeting, members of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, or IPBES, chose Zakri Abdul Hamid as chairman, a spokeswoman for IPBES told AFP. Zakri, 64, will serve for three years under the decision, reached in tough overnight discussions...
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