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African leaf-eating monkeys are 'likely to be wiped out' by climate change
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Monkey species will become 'increasingly at risk of extinction' because of global warming, according to new research published this week.
Headwater stream nutrient enrichment disrupts food web
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Human activity is increasing the supply of nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, to stream systems all over the world. The conventional wisdom -- bolstered by earlier research -- has held that these additional nutrients ...
Study shows loss of 15-42 percent of mammals in North America
Dec 17, 2009 |
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If the planet is headed for another mass extinction like the previous five, each of which wiped out more than 75 percent of all species on the planet, then North American mammals are one-fifth to one-half the way there, according ...
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