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If You Can't Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Tropics
Tropical insects under grave threat from climate change, study says |
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06 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:11 AM on 06 May 2008 Tropical insects and other temperature-dependent critters that make their home in the tropics could be in grave danger from climate change, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. As opposed to species at the world's poles that frequently encounter a wide range of temperatures, tropical insects ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research, wildlife (all these topics) |
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The Horn of a Dilemma
Narwhals more at risk than polar bears, says study |
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25 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:10 PM on 25 Apr 2008 Polar bears get all the press, but climate change may be even harder on the narwhal, says new research. Narwhals, the whales whose long spiral tusks kick-started the myth of unicorns, top a list of 11 at-risk Arctic marine mammals published in the journal Ecological Applications. Hooded seals, bowhead whales, and walrus rounded out the top five, while ringed seals and bearded seals, which a ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, endangered species, news, scientific research, wildlife (all these topics) |
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