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At least 20 endangered sea turtles have washed up dead along the southern Bangladesh coast over the last week, an official said Wednesday.
It’s one thing to have swarms of giant jellyfish or squids preying upon local commercial fish populations; it’s quite another to have a huge swarm of crustaceans – tiny ones at that – threatening to destroy an entire island. The uninhabited island of Hoboro, which lies about 1,650 ft off the coast of Hiroshima, has been under steady attack for the last few years; millions of crustaceans – relatives of crabs and shrimp known as “nanatsuba-kotsubumushi” – are boring into the island….
Full Story through TreeHugger: is Destroying a Small Japanese Island
Reuters – A sudden spate of urgent cardiovascular syndromes resulting in severe chest pain that required emergency department visits among residents of Sydney, Australia, in 2005 has been traced to high solar radiance and ozone levels.
Cardiovascular disease cluster linked to pollution (Reuters)
AP – An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated that summer sea ice would be gone in five years.
Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, researchers say.
Eco-friendly kangaroo farts could help global warming: scientists (AFP)
More than 3,000 flying foxes dropped dead, falling from trees in Australia. Giant squid migrated north to commercial fishing grounds off California, gobbling anchovy and hake. Butterflies have gone extinct in the Alps.
More than four times the number of natural disasters are occurring now than did two decades ago, British charity Oxfam said in a study Sunday that largely blamed global warming.
Natural disasters have quadrupled in two decades: study (AFP)
AFP – New Zealand’s largest glaciers are retreating fast in the face of global warming and could disappear altogether, scientists said Monday.
NZealand glaciers retreat due to global warming say scientists (AFP)
