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Scientific American - www.scientificamerican.com
01 Jun 2009
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L Morello
Carbon dioxide emissions are turning the world's oceans more acidic, endangering coral reefs and fisheries, the science academies of 70 nations warned today in a joint statement.
The effect could be irreversible for tens of thousands of years, the academies said. They urged countries attending U.N. climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany, this week to cut the world's CO2 emissions at least 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, with additional cuts after that.
Without such action, the consequences will be stark, the academies said. "At current emission rates models suggest that all coral reefs and polar ecosystems will be severely affected by 2050 or potentially even earlier," they wrote.
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Animal diseases linked to climate change
ASNS News - africasciencenews.org
31 May 2009
The impact of climate change on the emergence and re-emergence of animal diseases has been confirmed by a majority of the World Organization for Animal Health, OIE Member Countries and Territories in a worldwide study conducted by the OIE among all its national Delegates.
“More and more countries are indicating that climate change has been responsible for at least one emerging or re-emerging disease occurring on their territory. This is a reality we cannot ignore and we must help Veterinary Services throughout the world to equip themselves with systems that comply with international standards of good governance so as to deal with this problem,” explained Dr Bernard Vallat, DG of the OIE.
Indeed, the conclusions of the study on “Impact of climate change and environmental changes on emerging and re-emerging animal disease and animal production”, presented by Australian expert Dr Peter Black, the Rapporteur for this Technical Item at the General Session, call for a new approach to prevent these new dangers.
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Reported Wildlife Mortality Events to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center UpdatedUSGS National Wildlife Health Center
05 Jun 2009
Area: United States
USGS and a network of partners across the country work on documenting wildlife mortality events in order to provide timely and accurate information on locations, species and causes of death. This information was updated on June 02, 2009 on the USGS National Wildlife Health Center web page, New and Ongoing Wildlife Mortality Events Nationwide. Quarterly Mortality Reports are also available from this page. These reports go back to 1995.
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Effects of Exposure to Heavy Metals on Viability, Maturation, Fertilization, and Embryonic Development of Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Oocytes In Vitro
Journal Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 2009; [Epub ahead of print]
S Nandi
Using Biotic Interaction Networks for Prediction in Biodiversity and Emerging Diseases
PLoS ONE. 2009; 4(5): e5725
CR Stephens et al.
Rapid Global Expansion of the Fungal Disease Chytridiomycosis into Declining and Healthy Amphibian Populations
PLoS Pathog. 2009; 5(5): e1000458
TY James et al.
