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  More sharks, rays threatened with extinction, says report

  World | Sep 04, 2021, 09:30 PM IST

  The Komodo dragon is now listed as endangered, notably because of rising sea levels and rising temperatures in its Indonesian habitat. Ebonies and rosewoods threatened by logging were among trees put on the list for the first time this year.  

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  The Great Barrier Reef gives indications of extinction

  Lifestyle | Jun 04, 2017, 05:50 PM IST

  Andrew King, one of the authors of the study said, "At two degrees Celsius of warming, last year's event would actually be a bit cooler than average. This poses a major problem for the survival of most of the Great Barrier Reef."

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  'Polar bears could be extinct in 25 years'

  India | Dec 09, 2012, 04:24 PM IST

  New Delhi, Dec 9: For a millennium, the majestic, lily-white polar bear has lorded over the frozen wastes of the Arctic. But if two Russian experts are to be believed, the enigmatic “monarch of the

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