Article Archive for 12 August 2008
Posted in Endangered & Extinction on 12 August 2008
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independent.co.uk A quarter of whales, dolphins and porpoises are threatened with extinction, with one in 10 species endangered to the very highest levels, a study by conservationists will reveal today. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reports a change in the conservation status of a third of all marine mammals, with the [...]
Posted in Campaign, Climate, Global Warming, Technology on 12 August 2008
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reuters Elephant seals swimming under Antarctic ice and fitted with special sensors are providing scientists with crucial data on ice formation, ocean currents and climate change, a study released on Tuesday said. The seals swimming under winter sea ice have overcome a “blind-spot” for scientists by allowing them to calculate how fast sea ice forms [...]
Posted in Discovery, Endangered & Extinction, Protected Sites on 12 August 2008
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CNN An estimated 125,000 Western lowland gorillas are living in a swamp in equatorial Africa, researchers reported Tuesday, double the number of the endangered primates thought to survive worldwide. : The last census on the species, carried out during the 1980s, estimated that there were only 100,000 of the gorillas left worldwide. Since then, the [...]
