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Report: Climate change threatens dozens Missouri birds
2014-09-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
St. Louis Public Radio: A recent report finds climate change is threatening dozens of birds that call Missouri home. The National Audubon Society says more than half of the 588 North American bird species studied over the course of seven years are at risk. About 50 species common to Missouri are identified in the report as being threatened. "Climate change is here and were seeing an impact on our natural areas and our natural species, in particular birds. Were seeing them respond directly to the effects of a warming...
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California wildfire in national forest threatens at least 1,600 homes
2014-09-17 20:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Fire crews in California's rugged Sierra Nevada battled to gain the upper hand on Wednesday against a blaze that threatened 1,600 homes and has displaced 2,100 residents as flames roared for a fifth day through dry timber and brush west of Lake Tahoe. The so-called King Fire, the most menacing of 11 major wildfires across the drought-parched state, has scorched at least 18,500 acres (7,490 hectares) of the El Dorado National Forest since it erupted Saturday, fire officials said. As of Wednesday,...
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Report: Global warming threatens Vermont birds
2014-09-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WCAX: A new study by the National Audubon Society paints a bleak picture for birds. The report indicates numerous extinctions are likely if global temperature increases are not stopped. The new Audubon report says nearly half the bird species in the continental United States and Canada are at risk, including the bald eagle and the common loon. "It is alarming," said Jim Shallow of Audubon Vermont. "We are seeing that over 300 species of bird are projected to be threatened or at risk of extinction...
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Climate change threatens loon, other Minnesota birds, Audubon study finds
2014-09-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Star Tribune: As many as half of Minnesotas bird species -- including the loon, the beloved state bird -- could disappear because of accelerated climate change. Its not the birds themselves that are endangered, its the places that they live -- the lakes, the forests, the grasslands -- that are at risk. As those areas disappear, so will the birds that nest there. In real estate, its location, location, location, said Bob Janssen, the author of several books about birds in Minnesota. The bird equivalent...
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Climate change threatens the newest prescription for children: Time outdoors
2014-09-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Luisa Maria Vasquez Cruz received an unusual prescription last year from her pediatrician: Spend more time playing outside. Dr. Robert Zarr, her pediatrician at Unity Health Care, a clinic that serves low-income and uninsured families in Washington, D.C., calls her unconventional treatment regimen a "huge success." The 9-year-old's asthma is now well-controlled, and she is no longer obese -- conditions that prompted the prescription, he said. In Luisa's words, she feels "more energetic." As the...
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