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Half of Amazon trees 'face extinction'
2015-11-21 00:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: More than half of all tree species in the Amazon face extinction, warn international scientists. According to new data, up to 57% of all Amazonian trees may already fit the criteria of being globally threatened. If confirmed, the estimates would raise the number of threatened plant species on Earth by almost a quarter. Forest cover in the Amazon has been shrinking for decades, but little is known about the impact on individual plant species. The trees at risk include iconic species like...
Amazon Trees Face Extinction Crisis, but There's Hope
2015-11-20 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Deforestation adds up. New research finds that the Amazon region could lose more than half of its tree species by the year 2050 due to a combination of logging, agriculture, dams, fires, mining, climate change and human development. All told, at least 36 percent and as many as 57 percent of the Amazons more than 15,000 tree species should now be considered threatened with extinction, according to a paper published today in Science Advances. The paper, the work of 158 researchers from 21 nations,...
United Kingdom: Butterflies: Extinction by 2050? Habitat Pointers Too
2015-10-19 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Large butterfly populations in the UK could become extinct by 2050 due to severe droughts, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change. Dr. Tom Oliver of the U.K.'s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) led the study, working with colleagues from CEH, Butterfly Conservation, Natural England and the University of Exeter, according to a release. Despite their predictions, the researchers also noted that better landscape management and greenhouse gas emission reductions could save large...
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Can the cheetah outrun extinction?
2015-10-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Habitat loss. Conflict with humans. Climate change. Limited genetic diversity. The illegal wildlife trade. The list of threats Africa's cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) face just seems to go on and on. The famously fleet-footed felines have gone extinct in more than 20 countries and seen their population decline from 100,000 in 1900 to about 10,000 today. Although their numbers continue to shrink, the big cats are, in a few small ways, actually doing slightly better than they were a few decades ago....
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Species extinction can doom parasites important for ecosystem health
2015-09-21 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Athens, Ga. - The effects of an animal population's extinction may echo beyond the original species, new University of Georgia research finds. Loss of a population could ultimately result in the extinction of parasites—which are critical for a healthy ecosystem. UGA researchers focused this particular study on a Brazilian fish community and their associated parasites. The study, published in Scientific Reports, used publicly available data from a prev…
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