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Toddler Killed in Tragic, Rare Alligator Attack
2016-06-15 15:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The alligator attack that killed a two-year-old Nebraska boy at a Disney resort in Florida was a tragic, rare incident in a state with the nation's second-largest alligator population. This is Florida's second fatal alligator attack since October 2015, but before that, the state had avoided a deadly encounter for seven years-the longest stretch since the state started keeping records on such attacks. In response, Disney has closed access to the beaches and lagoons throughout its Orlando park....
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In praise of the tram: how a love of cars killed the workers' transport system
2016-06-06 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: At their peak there were well over 100 tram systems in Britain. Every major city and many small towns had a network carrying millions of people each week. They were cheap and popular with workers often bringing them right to the door of their factories. But they had few defenders among the middle classes, who thought they got in the way of cars, which were seen as the future. The systems that were not shut down during the second world war by disuse or enemy action were soon closed in the aftermath....
Texas floods: 9 soldiers killed at Fort Hood
2016-06-05 18:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: The soldiers who died when an Army truck overturned in floodwaters at Fort Hood hailed from different states and had different levels of experience. But most of them shared at least one thing in common, according to details released by officials over the weekend: They were motor transport operators, tasked with driving troops and cargo on bases and battlefields. Staff Sgt. Miguel Angel Colonvazquez; Specialists Yingming Sun and Christine Faith Armstrong; Pvts. First Class Brandon Austin Banner...
5 Times Animals Have Been Killed in Zoos Due to Human Encounters
2016-06-03 17:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Within one week in May, a gorilla and two lions were killed after humans entered their zoo enclosures. Outrage continues to grow over these deaths. Yet these tragedies are not unique and in most cases are preventable. (Of course, the easiest way to prevent deaths like these would be by not keeping animals in zoos). 1. Harambe the Gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo, May 2016 Western-lowland gorillas are critically endangered and now theres one less of them with the death of Harambe after a 4-year-old...
At least four people killed in flooding in south Germany
2016-06-02 08:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: At least five people have been killed in floods caused by prolonged heavy rain in southern Germany's Bavaria state and thousands of households were cut off from electricity, officials said on Thursday. Firemen found the bodies of three women in the basement of a flooded house in Simbach am Inn 120 km (75 miles) east of Munich, and the body of a man at another property in the town. Authorities had no immediate details on how the man died, but they said it was related to flooding. In the nearby...
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