The Fatty Cares http://www.thefattycares.com It is... because I care... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:28:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en TheFattyCareshttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes Rare sea turtles wash up dead http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheFattyCares/~3/lbLWOq4lCds/ http://www.thefattycares.com/2008/01/16/rare-sea-turtles-wash-up-dead/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:00:22 +0000 The Fatty Cares http://www.thefattycares.com/2008/01/16/rare-sea-turtles-wash-up-dead/ Very Sad…

View images of threatened sea turtles getting some human help as well as one community allowed to harvest turtle eggs since the population there is considered so healthy.At least 20 endangered sea turtles have washed up dead along the southern Bangladesh coast over the last week, an official said Wednesday.

Rare sea turtles wash up dead

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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….

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Cardiovascular disease cluster linked to pollution (Reuters)

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Ominous Arctic melt worries experts (AP)

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Eco-friendly kangaroo farts could help global warming: scientists (AFP)

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The gray headed flying fox flies over the Sydney Botanical gardens in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007. More than 3,000 flying foxes dropped dead, falling from trees in Australia. Giant squid have migrated north to commercial fishing grounds off California, gobbling anchovy and hake. Butterflies have gone extinct in the Alps. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)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.

Global warming wreaks havoc with nature (AP)

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Natural disasters have quadrupled in two decades: study (AFP)

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NZealand glaciers retreat due to global warming say scientists (AFP)

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 A piece of ice from the San Rafael glacier falls into the water. Global warming, Chilean scientists say, has done the most damage to the glacier, which lies 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) south of Santiago(AFP/File/Martin Bernetti)Chunks of glacial ice tinkled in whisky glasses as chilled tourists gazed in wonder from their boat at the massive San Rafael glacier and the markers tallying its losing battle against global warming.

Chile’s San Rafael glacier fast disappearing (AFP)

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Dallas Zoo officials are moving forward with a plan to turn animal droppings, cardboard and tree limbs into power for several buildings and irrigation for the zoo’s landscaping.

Animal poop to power Dallas Zoo

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