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Humpback Whales Are Starving, and Climate Change Is to Blame
2015-06-19 00:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TakePart: Two months ago, a dead humpback whale washed up onto the beaches of Washington state. Although the cause of its death remains a mystery, initial observations found that the whale was overly thin, with little blubber and little of its associated oil, which humpbacks use for fuel and warmth. It was not an isolated occurrence. In Western Australia, the number of humpback whale stranding events has been on the rise for the past several years. The region used to see just two or three dead whales a year;...
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Starving sea lions washing on to California shores by the hundreds
2015-03-13 20:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boing Boing: Some 1,450 sea lions have washed up on California beaches this year, in what animal experts call a growing crisis for the animal. In the New York Times, the story of one 8-month-old pup found "starving, stranded and hundreds of miles from a mother who still needed to nurse him and teach him to hunt and feed." In February, 2015, California animal rescuers saved 1,100 sea lions. They report five times more sea lion rescues than normal so far this year. What's to blame? Experts blame rising water...
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Warming oceans have flooded Calif with starving sea lion pups
2015-02-26 13:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quartz: Only a few months after thousands of walruses found refuge from the ice-less ocean on the Alaskan coast, hundreds of sea lion pups off the coast of California are stranded through central and southern California's shores--in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties--for essentially the same reason: The ocean is too warm. They are starving and they are dying. This phenomenon is unprecedented in scale: in January, 250 sea lions (mostly pups) had reached the shores of...
RV Firms Work to Aid World's Starving Children
2014-11-07 21:26:58| Automakers - Topix.net
Employees from an array of RV manufacturers, including Forest River Inc., Newmar Corp. and Livin' Lite along with suppliers such as Patrick Industries Inc., and Ascot Enterprises Inc. have been working in shifts with thousands of area volunteers - approximately 7,500 total - in the gymnasium of Nappanee Missionary Church to package 2.3 million meals for needy youngsters throughout the world. A total of about 180 employees from Newmar and 450 from several Forest River divisions were among the biggest participants, working in shifts of up to 400 in packaging the dry meals which consist of dehydrated vegetables, soy nuggets, vitamins and rice that can be heated up before serving.
RV Firms Work to Aid World's Starving Children
2014-11-07 16:20:58| Mobile Homes - Topix.net
Employees from an array of RV manufacturers, including Forest River Inc., Newmar Corp., Livin' Lite, Patrick Industries Inc. and Ascot Enterprises Inc.. have been working in shifts this week alongside thousands of other area volunteers - approximately 7,500 in total - in the gymnasium of Nappanee Missionary Church to package a total of 2.3 million dry meals for needy youngsters.