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US appeals court supports climate-based listing of bearded seals as threatened

By Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News October 25, 2016
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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday reinstated a decision protecting bearded seals in Alaska under the Endangered Species Act, reversing a lower-court ruling and accepting that projections of climate change present a long-term threat to the ice-dependent species.

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