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  2. Climate change, overharvesting exacerbating Texas ... - AOL

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    For the second year in a row, Texas has closed the majority of its public oyster reefs for harvesting due to declining populations. Wildlife officials say these dwindling numbers are caused by ...

  3. Climate change and birds - Wikipedia

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    Climate change has raised the temperature of the Earth by about 1.1 °C (2.0 °F) since the Industrial Revolution.As the extent of future greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation actions determines the climate change scenario taken, warming may increase from present levels by less than 0.4 °C (0.72 °F) with rapid and comprehensive mitigation (the 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) Paris Agreement goal) to ...

  4. Climate change in Texas - Wikipedia

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    The climate in Texas is changing partially due to global warming and rising trends in greenhouse gas emissions. [1] As of 2016, most area of Texas had already warmed by 1.5 °F (0.83 °C) since the previous century because of greenhouse gas emissions by the United States and other countries. [1]

  5. Climate change leaves some migrating birds 'out of sync' and ...

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    When flowers bloom, trees leaf out and insects emerge earlier than in the past, these birds miss out. ... Dinah Voyles Pulver covers climate change, wildlife and the environment for USA TODAY ...

  6. Extinction risk from climate change - Wikipedia

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    The effects that climate change has on both plant and animal species within certain ecosystems has the ability to directly affect the human inhabitants who rely on natural resources. Frequently, the extinction of plant and animal species create a cyclic relationship of species endangerment in ecosystems which are directly affected by climate ...

  7. Climate change is hurting coral worldwide. But these reefs ...

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    A report expected in the coming months will look at the sanctuary's vulnerability to the projected effects of climate change. The Flower Garden Banks stands out for its amount of coral cover ...

  8. Texas can't treat climate change like the elephant in the ...

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    A house burns in the Steiner Ranch neighborhood in Austin on Sept. 4, 2011. Wildfires broke out all over Central Texas on that day, including a massive fire in Bastrop County that eventually ...

  9. Great Plains ecoregion - Wikipedia

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    Due to the highly variable climatic regimes across the Great Plains, many aspects of climate change are not expected to affect all areas of the eco-region equally. In regards to precipitation, this means an exacerbation of extremes where dry areas in the south are expected to get drier and wetter areas in the north to get wetter.