Posts Tagged ‘extinction’

Robotic replacements: St. Louis Zoo Replaces Dead Polar Bears with Electronic models!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 20:33 By Neo

The story in the St. Louis Today was not so much about the Polar Bears but about how the festive season is bringing new business opportunities to the city, but the picture in the paper that came attached tells a whole different tale. The zoo at St. Louis has tried its luck with keeping polar [...]

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Coral reefs could disappear this century

Monday, July 13, 2009 19:23 By GSerrano

Oceans becoming more acidic and warmer due to emissions of carbon dioxide would cause the death of coral reefs around the world by the end of the century, according to a warning from several experts that recently gathered in London.
More than twenty experts on coral reefs and climate change came together on behalf of several [...]

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30% of the species of shark in the open sea are ‘threatened with extinction’

Thursday, June 25, 2009 18:36 By NARUTO

The first study to determine the overall state of conservation of 64 species of shark and ray-sea revealed that 32% are threatened with extinction, says IUCN.

The threat comes primarily from overfishing, according to the experts. According to them, the sharks are “highly vulnerable” to this practice because it takes many years for several species that [...]

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