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Measuring the Daily Destruction of the World's Rainforests
Environment  (tags: trees, forests, Habitat Destruction, rainforest destruction )

Chris
- 1 day ago - scientificamerican.com
Most experts agree that we are losing upwards of 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest daily ... Along with this loss and degradation, we are losing some 135 plant, animal and insect species every day--or some 50,000 species a year--as the forests fall.
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World Has Only Ten Years to Control Global Warming, Warns Met Office
Environment  (tags: world, climate-change, global warming, CO2emissions, pollution )

Katie
- 4 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Pollution needs to be brought under control within ten years to stop runaway climate change, according to the latest Met Office predictions.
63 comments
Support Restoration of Coastal Louisiana Wetlands-Please Take Action !!
Environment  (tags: wildlife, conservation, endangered, ecosystems, habitatdestruction )

Tierney
- 6 days ago - online.nwf.org
Coastal Louisiana is home to diverse wildlife threatened by the loss of wetlands. President Obama's leadership offers us a new opportunity to get coastal restoration right.
11 comments
Protect the Arctic Refuge: America's Polar Bear Nursery ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, arctic refuge, polar bears, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 5 days ago - change.org
Rising temperatures are robbing polar bears of vital habitat and melting the sea ice they use for hunting and raising their cubs. In response, the Interior Department has announced a proposal to designate more than 200,000 square miles of critical
17 comments
Mining Ban Saves 1 Million Acres of Tortoise Habitat
Environment  (tags: environment, tortoise habitat, nature, protection, wildlife, habitat )

Cher
- 7 days ago - all-creatures.org
In one of the largest land withdrawals the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has ever enacted, late last month the agency blocked new mining claims on nearly 1 million acres of southern Nevada land for the next 20 years. The land in question, made up of
9 comments
UK Nitrogen Feeds Bacteria in the Arctic
Environment  (tags: climate, environment, Study, Arctic, bacteria )

Katie
- 1 day ago - planetearth.nerc.ac.uk
A mass of air laden with industrial nitrogen pollution may be hardly noticed in Britain, but it can cause a flurry of activity in bacteria living in extreme environments as far as the Arctic Svalbard archipelago, north of Norway.
4 comments
Melting Sea Ice Dilutes Water, Endangers Sea Life
Environment  (tags: world, News, melting ice, Sea life, endangers )

Katie
- 20 hours ago - ca.reuters.com
Melting of the Arctic sea ice due to global warming is diluting surface waters and this is endangering some species of shellfish which need minerals in the water to form their shells and skeletons, scientists have found.
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Global Temperatures Will Rise 6C By End of Century, Say Scientists
Environment  (tags: News, Study., temperature rise, globalwarming, environment, 6C )

Katie
- 2 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Global temperatures are on a path to rise by an average of 6C by the end of the century as CO2 emissions increase and the Earth's natural ability to absorb the gas declines, according to a major new study.
38 comments
10 Little Things the World Needs to Agree on
Environment  (tags: environment, world, Copenhagen, climatechange, conference )

Katie
- 1 day ago - blogs.panda.org
The Copenhagen Climate conference is just around the corner and we are working on clear goals for the negotiations, a "simple" menu of what the world needs to agree on.
18 comments
Carbon Sinks Keep Pace With Rising Emissions
Environment  (tags: news, world, CO2emissions, climate-change, environment )

Katie
- 3 days ago - planetearth.nerc.ac.uk
The proportion of the carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere that is absorbed by natural carbon sinks like soils, forests and the oceans has remained almost unchanged over the last century and a half, even as CO2 levels have soared.
32 comments
Olympics Hope to Increase Knowledge About the Polar Bear
Environment  (tags: environment, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife, polar bears, Olympics )

Cher
- 7 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Whether you're of this viewpoint or not, you will be happy to know that the Olympics hopes to bring environmental benefits by increasing the world's knowledge about climate change in Northern areas of Canada and the impact upon the polar bear
23 comments
Tell Congress to Pass the Clean Water Protection Act ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, protection, nature, water, habitat )

Cher
- 5 days ago - change.org
It's time for Congress to stand up for what's right and put a stop to the devastation of our rivers, streams and headwaters caused by mountaintop removal mining.
10 comments
Our View: Red Dog, Take Two
Environment  (tags: Native America, mining, town, permit )

Lone
- 3 days ago - adn.com
Teck Alaska and NANA, the Native regional corporation, want to keep the Red Dog zinc and lead mine going for another 20 years.
4 comments
Ice Retreat Creates New CO2 Store
Environment  (tags: News, Environment, co2, antarctic, Ice )

Katie
- 2 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Retreating ice in Antarctic has allowed tiny aquatic plants to flourish and absorb 3.5 million tonnes of carbon from the ocean and atmosphere annually.
22 comments
Indiana Dunes Threatened By Climate Change, Report Warns
Environment  (tags: climatechange, endangered, globalwarming, destruction )

Lone
- 2 days ago - chicagotribune.com
About a decade ago, the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore had one of the country's largest populations of the Karner blue butterfly. The nickel-size insects feasted on the national park's bountiful wild lupine and relied on northwest Indiana's heavy snow
5 comments
 
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