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Lemurs found to be 'most threatened mammals' in the world - CNN.com - 1 views

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  • "We now believe that lemurs are probably the most endangered of any group of vertebrates," he said.
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Climate Change, Extreme Weather Linked In Studies Examining Texas Drought And U.K. Heat - 0 views

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  • "Currently, attribution of single extreme events to anthropogenic climate change remains challenging,"
  • Attribution is possible, they said, as long as it is framed in terms of probability, rather than certainty. So instead of saying climate change caused a heat wave, researchers could gauge how much more or less likely the heat wave was in a world where the climate is changing
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Scientists join forces in call for action to save coral reefs - 1 views

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  • "Rising sea levels, more intense storms, changes in ocean chemistry due to air and water pollution - all these stress coral reefs," observed Steve Palumbi, an expert on corals with the Center for Ocean Solutions and the chief organizer in developing the consensus statement. "At least 25 percent of the world's coral reefs have been degraded. Because of the global origin of climate change, the only way to tackle this is through a worldwide effort."
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