Article Archive for 1 April 2007

Panel: Warming will end some species
By solonavi
Posted in Endangered & Extinction, General, Global Warming on 1 April 2007
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AP MSNBC From the micro to the macro, from plankton in the oceans to polar bears in the far north and seals in the far south, global warming has begun changing life on Earth, international scientists will report next Friday. “Changes in climate are now affecting physical and biological systems on every continent,” says a [...]

Overfishing of sharks makes scallops vanish: study
By solonavi
Posted in Endangered & Extinction on 1 April 2007
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reuters Overfishing of big sharks in the Atlantic has cut stocks by 99 percent, dooming North Carolina’s bay scallop fishery and threatening other species including shrimp and crabs, researchers reported on Thursday. With most of the great predatory sharks — bull, great white, dusky and hammerhead — gone from northwest Atlantic waters, the rays and [...]