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NEWS ABOUT: habitat

habitat stories: 5 news summaries

 Feds Pitch 
 Polar Bear 
 Habitat 

Critics complain move doesn't address main threats

Oct 23, 09 1:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The federal government has proposed designating 200,000 square miles of land, sea, and ice in northern Alaska as a critical habitat for polar bears. The move is "one step in the right direction to help this species stave off extinction," said an Interior Department official. He acknowledged,... More »

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endangered species • Alaska • global warming • Department of the Interior • wildlife • polar bear • habitat • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

 In Alaska, Melting Glaciers 
 Cause Land to Rise 

Glaciers receding 30 feet each year

May 18, 09 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Around Juneau, Alaska, climate change is causing an unexpected problem, the New York Times reports: As glaciers melt, the land is rising away from the sea. The change—10 feet in about 200 years—is enough to dry up local streams and wetland habitats, and is the result of land... More »

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climate change • Alaska • salmon • Juneau • glacier • wetlands • habitat • Mendenhall glacier

 Endangered
 Frogs Find
 Their Noah 

Amphibian Ark project aims to save 500 imperiled species

May 12, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Half of all frog species are in danger of extinction, and conservationists are taking a page from the Bible in working to preserve them. A program called Amphibian Ark has named 2008 the Year of the Frog, and is working with zoos to harbor endangered species, including some that have... More »

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endangered species • zoo • extinction • frogs • amphibians • habitat

Endangered Tigers Fading Fast

Numbers plummet as WWF calls for quick action

Mar 12, 08 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The World Wildlife Fund has warned that the world's tigers are in grave danger of extinction, reports the BBC. Experts believe tiger numbers have fallen in half over the last 25 years to as few as 3,500 worldwide, the WWF said. The South China tiger and the Sumatran tiger... More »

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endangered species • conservation • India • Sumatra • tigers • World Wildlife Fund • habitat • South China tiger • Sumatran tiger

Balmy, With a Chance of Pythons

Dumped American pets thriving in wild on global warming

Feb 21, 08 9:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Burmese pythons could rapidly establish a stranglehold on the southern US due in part to snake-loving global warming, according to a new government report. With climate change and more pet owners releasing unwanted snakes into the wild, the adaptable serpent could soon call home any area from Northern California through... More »

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climate change • Florida • global warming • snakes • alligator • burmese python • habitat • animal

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