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 Stories About: California AND climate AND climate change impacts AND endangered species AND news
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Pickled Pikas
Climate change endangers American pika, say groups |
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20 Aug 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:50 PM on 20 Aug 2008 The American pika should be listed as an endangered species because climate change could cause its extinction, say Earthjustice and the Center for Biological Diversity in a lawsuit filed Tuesday against California and the federal government. The pika, a rabbit cousin characterized by inordinate cuteness and a squeaky call, is "the polar bear of the Lower 48," says Greg Loarie of Earthjust ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, climate change impacts, endangered species, litigation, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Home, Home Outside the Range
Climate change may force California endemic plants to migrate or die |
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25 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:10 AM on 25 Jun 2008 Climate change is expected to significantly affect California's endemic plants over the next century as temperatures rise and rainfall patterns change, according to a new study published in the journal PLoS One. Up to two-thirds of the state's unique plants could be wiped out in their current ranges by century's end and will have to move to cooler areas in order to ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, climate change impacts, endangered species, news (all these topics) |
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