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Ten Climate Change "Flagship" Species Named
Environment  (tags: Climate Change, climate, environment, Species )

Nancy
- 5 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Although the ten species aren't those most at risk, IUCN selected them because they are well-researched "flagship" species that are being affected by a spectrum of climate change impacts, from melting sea ice to beach erosion.
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Many Sharks 'Facing Extinction'
Environment  (tags: Science, Environment, Species, IUCN )

Alisa
- 178 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Many species of open ocean shark are under serious threat, according to an assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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Sign Petition: Ask the EPA to Acknowledge the Truth About Global Warming
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, species, endangered, climate change, wildlife, ocean, polar bears, whales, humans, global warming, arctic, malaria, disease, floods, drought, wildfires, hurricanes, starvation, pollution )

Tom
- 208 days ago - change.org
Global warming is the single greatest threat to wildlife, not to mention our children's future. At last, the Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to formally declare that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to our public health and welfare.
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Sign Petition: Urge the Obama Administration to Actively Support Climate Legislation
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, species, endangered, climate change, wildlife, ocean, polar bears, whales, humans, global warming, arctic, malaria, disease, floods, drought, wildfires, hurricanes, starvation, pollution )

Tom
- 214 days ago - secure3.convio.net
The Union of Concerned Scientists released the Climate 2030 Blueprint, a peer-reviewed study showing that the United States can dramatically cut global warming pollution while saving American households and businesses billions of dollars in energy costs.
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Sign Petition: Make Polluters Pay for ALL Carbon Credits
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, species, endangered, climate change, wildlife, ocean, polar bears, whales, humans, global warming, arctic, malaria, disease, floods, drought, wildfires, hurricanes, starvation, pollution )

Tom
- 214 days ago - act.truemajorityaction.org
Instead of making polluters pay for messing up our climate like the President asked, House Democrats are now proposing to give the biggest polluters in the country free credits to keep fouling our atmosphere. Use this page to tell Congress that's not OK.
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Take Action: Tell Congress to Pass Tough Global Warming Legislation!
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, species, endangered, climate change, wildlife, ocean, polar bears, whales, humans, global warming, arctic, malaria, disease, floods, drought, wildfires, hurricanes, starvation, pollution )

Tom
- 269 days ago - nrdconline.org
Global warming threatens to trigger the irreversible melting of the Greenland ice sheet, a 20-foot rise in sea levels and the extinction of countless wildlife species, including the polar bear. Tell Congress to avert a global warming catastrophe.
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Photos: Five Global Warming "Tipping Points"
Environment  (tags: climate-change, global-warming, climate, weather, science, tech, technology, research, study, earth, world, photos, news, humans, wildlife, environment, habitat destruction, endangered, species, tipping-points, nature, oceans, ecosystems )

SirRobert
- 277 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
National Geographic reveals photos of five global warming 'tipping points', and their corresponding ramifications upon our global environment according to current scientific opinion.
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DARPA Explores Geoengineering Climate Manipulation
Environment  (tags: darpa, defense-advanced-research-agency, dod, department-of-defense, government, world, climate-change, global-warming, climate, weather, geoengineering, earth, climate-manipulation, haarp, u.s., endangered, species, science, tech, technology, destruction )

SirRobert
- 277 days ago - thefifthknight.blog.friendster.com
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is currently exploring cutting-edge technologies in order to manipulate the climate of Planet Earth. DARPA is currently mastering artificial intelligence (A.I.) robotics and omni-defense management.
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New Dinosaur Species Found in South America
Environment  (tags: environment, nature, dinosaur, species, animal, world, research )


- 795 days ago - earthtimes.org
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 16 - Brazilian and Argentine palaeontologists have found in Argentine Patagonia fossils of a previously undiscovered species of plant-eating dinosaur, the Spanish news agency EFE said. Futalognkosaurus dukei, as the discoverers named
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Alien Birds Save Hawaiian Natives
Environment  (tags: birds, species, Hawaii, seeds, rainforests, environment )

Eduardo
- 805 days ago - environment.newscientist.com
Not all alien species deserve a bad press: birds introduced to Hawaii are saving rainforests by dispersing the seeds of native shrubs. Many of Hawaii's native fruit-eating birds have gone extinct through disease.
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Accelerating Loss of Ocean Species Threatens Human Well-Being
Environment  (tags: oceans, species, humans, health, wellness, environment, oceans, protection, research, world, conservation )


- 835 days ago - spiritindia.com
In a study published in the November 3 issue of the journal Science, an international group of ecologists and economists shows that the loss of biodiversity is profoundly reducing the ocean's ability to produce seafood, resist diseases, filter pollutants,
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Return of the Monarch
Environment  (tags: species, return, ecosystems, environment, wildlife )

Jakki
- 873 days ago - cbc.ca
I've been fretting for over a month now. Last year by this time, the distinctively-coloured, migrating monarchs -- the undisputed kings of the butterfly world -- had pretty much taken over my Toronto backyard as well as the large, nearby park down by the la
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Curious Creature Caught Off Keahole Point - The Animal, Dubbed An "Octosquid," Is Found Off the Big Isle
Environment  (tags: octopus, squid, octosquid, Hawaii, Big Island, net, deep, ocean, sea, species, new species, unidentified species )

Jo
- 897 days ago - starbulletin.com
It's a squid, it's an octopus, it's ... a mystery from the deep. What appears to be a half-squid, half-octopus specimen found off Keahole Point on the Big Island remains unidentified today and could possibly be a new species, said local biologists.
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The Cost of Species Gone 'Missing'
Environment  (tags: species, extinction, destruction, habitat, environment, ecosystems, conservation, sustainability, trees, water, wildlife, oceans, habitat, habitatdestruction )

Jo
- 912 days ago - csmonitor.com
A resilient ecosystem can better withstand global warming and will deliver what humans need, whether it's abundant tuna from the seas or fresh water tumbling down a mountainside.
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Sci-Tech Today | Species Catalog Hits One-Million Mark
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, environment, animals, wildlife, species, catalog )

Serene
- 985 days ago - sci-tech-today.com
A worldwide scientific effort to catalog every living species has topped the 1 million milestone. Six years into the program the total is at 1,009,000. They hope to complete the listing by 2011, reaching an expected total of about 1.75 million speciies.
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