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Arctic sea ice expected to hit record low

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The extent of Arctic sea ice willlikely have melted to a record low this September partially dueto man-made greenhouse gas emissions, researchers at theUniversity of Colorado said on Thursday.
09 3 2007 9:34AM (...more)

WITNESS: Get down! Orcas on the attack

Damian Wroclavsky is a senior correspondent with theSpanish-language service in Buenos Aires . In seven years withReuters he has covered presidential summits, political crisisand human rights from Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia and Cuba . In thefollowing story, he recounts how he watched killer whales hunt sea lion pups at risk of beaching themselves.
04 19 2008 3:31AM (...more)

Whale activists vow to fight Japan despite arrest threat

TOKYO (AFP) - Animal rights activists vowed no let-up in their campaign to stop Japan's whaling as reports Tuesday said Tokyo was seeking further arrests overseas of people who obstructed a hunt.
08 21 2008 4:03PM (...more)

Dead Sea needs world help to stay alive

GHOR HADITHA, Jordan (AFP) – The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.
11 27 2009 2:44AM (...more)

Ocean Conservancy Launches Conservation Tourism Program to Protect Endangered Sea Turtles

To: TRAVEL EDITORS Contact: Kelly Ricaurte of Ocean Conservancy, +1-202-351-0482, kricaurte@oceanconservancy.org Sea Turtle Ecological Expeditions supports community-based conservation and alternative sources of income for residents that protect rather than
01 23 2008 4:02AM (...more)

Melting sea ice dilutes water, endangers sea life

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Melting of the Arctic sea ice due to global warming is diluting surface waters and this is endangering some species of shellfish which need minerals
11 26 2009 2:30PM (...more)

Foolishly Choosing Bears Over Barrels

Ecology: The administration creates the mother of all protected habitats for a species whose numbers have increased since Al Gore 's " An Inconvenient Truth ." It's
10 30 2009 1:36AM (...more)

Feds designate polar bear habitat in Alaska

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Thursday it is designating more than 200,000 square miles in Alaska and off its coast as "critical habitat" for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to future 10 29 2009 2:20PM (...more)

Feds designate 'critical habitat' for polar bear

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Thursday it is designating more than 200,000 square miles in Alaska and off its coast as "critical habitat" for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to future 10 29 2009 12:44PM (...more)

Feds designates polar bear habitat in Alaska

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Thursday it is designating more than 200,000 square miles in Alaska and off its coast as "critical habitat" for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to future 10 29 2009 11:47AM (...more)