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Peru: Warmer seas are blamed for bird carnage
After widespread dolphin deaths, thousands of boobies and pelicans wash up on Peruvian beaches.
Peru pelican deaths 2012 05 14
- May 15, 2012 06:01
LIMA, Peru — A lack of anchovies and other small fish triggered by unseasonably warm waters has left thousands of seabirds starving to death along Peru’s Pacific coast, experts say. This month, the corpses of 5,000 birds, mainly pelicans and boobies, have been discovered on beaches up and down the country.

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Patagonia: Chile backs 5 controversial dams
Plans for massive dams in Chile’s breathtaking wilderness outrage greens. The billionaire president responds, ‘People deserve more protection than trees.’
Chile patagonia 2012 04 30
- May 7, 2012 06:21
Greens are outraged by plans to construct massive dams in Chile’s breathtaking wilderness, but the country's billionaire president responds, "People deserve more protection than trees." full story