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Lobsters to Be Supersized By Climate Change?
Environment  (tags: Lobsters, Climate Change, Enviornment )

Nancy
- 6 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
So says a new study showing that more acidic oceans, a consequence of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, can produce jumbo-size shelled marine species, including lobsters, crabs, and shrimp.
List of Animals Threatened By Climate Change
Environment  (tags: Climate Change, Animals, Enviornment )

Nancy
- 6 days ago - news.discovery.com
Climate change impacts all animals, but some more than others, suggests a new report issued by the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Climate Change Quickens, Seas Feared Up 2 Meters
Environment  (tags: globalwarming, environment, climatechange, sea level rise )

Katie
- 20 days ago - uk.reuters.com
Global warming is happening faster than expected and at worst could raise sea levels by up to 2 meters (6-1/2 ft) by 2100, a group of scientists said on Tuesday in a warning to next month's U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen.
How Protecting the Jungle Can Help Combat Global Warming
Environment  (tags: ClimateChange, globalwarming, forests, trees, greenhousegases )

Chris
- 20 days ago - time.com
Forests store an estimated 300 billion tons of carbon, or the equivalent of 40 times the world's total annual greenhouse-gas emissions -- emissions that cause global warming. Destroy the trees and you release that carbon into the atmosphere ...
Measuring the Daily Destruction of the World's Rainforests
Environment  (tags: trees, forests, Habitat Destruction, rainforest destruction )

Chris
- 25 days 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.
White House Protects Polar Bears With Alaska 'Critical Habitat' Designation
Environment  (tags: animals, habitat, Alaska, polar bears, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 53 days ago - guardian.co.uk
The Obama administration bowed to environmental groups and added a layer of protection for polar bear today, setting aside 200,000 square miles of Alaskan coastline and waters as their "critical habitat".
Pesticide Regulation Authority Is Failing Kenyans
Environment  (tags: animals, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, habitat, habitatdestruction, humans, nature, wildlife, suffering, protection )

Gorilly
- 59 days ago - stopwildlifepoisoning.wildlifedirect.org
The CEO of the Kenyan Pest Control Products Board (PCPB), Mrs Gladys Maina cannot have a serious conversation with us about carbofuran poisoning in Kenya. She appears to be bitterly angry that WildilfeDirect has called for a ban on this product.
Corals 'Could Starve In High CO2' Levels And Ocean Acidification; 'Double Jeopardy'
Environment  (tags: endangered, destruction, corals )

Claudia
- 70 days ago - underwatertimes.com
Corals 'Could Starve In High CO2' Levels And Ocean Acidification; 'Double Jeopardy'
Barrow Celebrates Successful Whaling Season
Environment  (tags: whaling, alaska )

Claudia
- 69 days ago - ktuu.com
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