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Extinction debt suggests endangered species are doomed
2013-04-17 16:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: From dragonflies to bears, when it comes to lost species we ain't seen nothing yet. Biologists are getting rattled about growing evidence of "extinction debt" - the idea that there is a delay of decades or even centuries between humans damaging ecosystems and the demise of species that live there. In the largest extinction debt study to date, Stefan Dullinger of the University of Vienna, Austria, ranked 22 European countries according to the proportion of domestic species classed as endangered...
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Two Arctic Ice Seals Gain Endangered Species Act Protection - Warming Climate a Key Factor
2013-01-02 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Responding to a 2008 petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the federal government today finalized Endangered Species Act protection for two ice-dependent Arctic seals threatened by melting sea ice and snowpack due to climate change. Ringed seals and bearded seals, found in the waters off Alaska, are the first species since polar bears to be protected primarily because of climate change threats. "Arctic animals face a clear danger of extinction from climate change," said Shaye Wolf,...
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