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Environment News tagged with extinction

Bluefin Tuna on Edge of Extinction...
Environment  (tags: extinction, bluefin tuna )

Claudia
- 11 days ago - oceansentry.org
An international fisheries group set up to protect Atlantic tuna has done the opposite and driven one species of the fish, the bluefin, to the edge of extinction, environmentalists said Thursday.
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Last Chance to Save the Vaquita Porpoise From Extinction?
Environment  (tags: Vaquita porpoise, extinction )

Claudia
- 11 days ago - oceansentry.org
This is a crucial time for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise
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THE EXTINCTION CRISIS
Environment  (tags: extinction, nature, habitat, habitatdestruction, forests, ecosystems, CO2emissions, climate-change, conservation, wildlife, world, pollution, suffering, globalwarming, environment, endangered )

Suzybell
- 97 days ago - biologicaldiversity.org
It's frightening but true: Our planet is now in the midst of its sixth mass extinction of plants and animals -- the sixth wave of extinctions in the past half-billion years. We're currently experiencing the worst spate of species die-offs since the loss o
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Extinction Crisis Looms In Oceania
Environment  (tags: environment, habitatsendangered, extinction, conservation, habitatdestruction, nature, animals, destruction, oceans, climate-change, ecosystems, protection, wildlife, forests, government )

Dee
- 114 days ago - sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily (July 29, 2009)-Governments must act urgently to halt loss of habitats and invading species that are posing major threats to biodiversity and causing species extinctions across Australia,--
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65% of European Habitat Under Threat - 0.1% of EU Budget for Conservation
Environment  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, extinction, conservation, nature )

Cher
- 127 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Europe faces a rising wave of wildlife extinctions yet it continues to massively under-resource and under-enforce nature and wildlife protection, according to the WWF following the release of a report by the European Commission showing 65 percent of
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Scientists Find Whales More Endangered in Exxon, BP and Rosneft Oil Areas
Environment  (tags: animals, endangered, whales, gas, oil, AnimalWelfare, extinction, habitat, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, energy )

Cher
- 160 days ago - panda.org
Oil and gas exploration by energy giants Exxon, BP and Rosneft is seriously threatening one of the world's most critically endangered whales, according to a panel of top scientists in a new report.
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Act Now To Protect Oceans From Acidification
Environment  (tags: oceans, seawater, climate-change, global-warming, CO2, environment, ecology, ecosystems, endangered species, extinction, marine life, death, petition, acidification, acidic, chemistry, science, tech, technology, research, world, CO2emissions, conservation )

SirRobert
- 169 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
Oceans absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and although this acts as a buffer against global warming, CO2 in higher concentrations alters seawater chemistry making oceans acidic, which is already causing marine life mutations and ultimately a mass extinction!
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Save Endangered Species in Malaysia From Unnecessary Logging ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, logging, Malaysia, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 175 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
In the region of Terengganu, Malaysia, a stretch of forest filled with endangered wildlife is disappearing. In preparation for a new hydroelectric project, the Terengganu state government is logging and then flooding the forest. But here's the twist:
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Amur Tigers Threatened By Economic Crisis
Environment  (tags: animals, amur tigers, logging, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, endangered, extinction, destruction, habitatdestruction, conservation, trees )

Cher
- 183 days ago - wwf.ca
Primorye, Russia - Loggers in Russia's Far East increasingly are cutting down Korean cedar pine, raising concerns that the endangered Amur tiger could lose critical habitat and its prey could lose a major food source.
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Urge the Obama Administration to Give Polar Bears the Protection They Need ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, extinction, protection, wildanimals, wildlife, habitat loss, polar bears, habitat, environment, climate-change, globalwarming )

Cher
- 198 days ago - secure.defenders.org
Scientists say that global warming and habitat loss could drive America's polar bears to extinction by the end of the century. Yet, so far, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has stopped short of reversing an 11th hour regulatory change by the Bush/Cheney
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Deforestation Fuels Human Tiger Conflict
Environment  (tags: tigers, deforestation, illegal logging, human tiger conflict, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife, habitatdestruction, ecosystems, forests, trees )

Cher
- 248 days ago - thejakartapost.com
In the last few months six people have died after being attacked by Sumatran tigers while logging illegally inside a national park in Jambi.
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CO2 Emissions Threaten Mass Extinction of Sea Life
Environment  (tags: environment, nature, ocean, sea life, extinction, threat, food, acid, ecosystems, CO2emissions, climate-change, globalwarming, oil, fossil fuels )

Tom
- 254 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Carbon dioxide emissions from human activities are acidifying the oceans and threaten a mass extinction of sea life, a top ocean scientist warns. "It may have a major impact on food security. It really is imperative that we cut emissions of CO2."
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Overkill: Did Humans Cause a Mass Extinction?
Environment  (tags: humans, desruction, habitat destruction, nature, endangered animals, extinction, wildlife )

Simone
- 282 days ago - independent.co.uk
The most popular theory for the cause of this mass extinction was first put forward by American scientist Paul Martin, nearly 40 years ago. He put it down to the arrival of Homo sapiens. In both America and Australia these mass mammal extinctions
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Holocene Sixth Mass Extinction Event In Progress
Environment  (tags: holocene, sixth mass extinction, extinction, biodiversity crisis, animals, activism, government, earth, mega-disaster, world, alert, environment, health, humans, science, research, technology, climate change, global warming, oceans, weather, climate )

SirRobert
- 289 days ago - volconvo.com
Earth's geologic record contains 5 previously set precedents for mass extinction events and most people are 'not' even aware that we have already entered the Holocene Sixth Mass Extinction event in progress! This is a public call for immediate action!
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Emperor Penguins Face Extinction
Environment  (tags: animalwelfare, extinction, protection, wildanimals, suffering, habitat, humans, environment, endangered, wildlife, sadness, climatechange, conservation, environment, endangered, protection, wildlife, world, oceans, habitat, destruction )

Thunderr
- 295 days ago - enn.com
Emperor penguins,whose long treks across Antarctic ice to mate have been immortalised by Hollywood,are heading towards extinction,scientists say.Based on predictions of sea ice extent from climate change models the penguins are likely to see their number
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