Monday, May 14, 2012

Study: Many mammals won't be able to outrun climate change

USA Today: Hundreds of species of mammals in the Western Hemisphere may not be able to migrate with the projected speed of climate change, according to a new study released Monday. "As they have in response to past climatic changes, many species will shift their distributions in response to modern climate change," the authors write in the study. "However, due to the unprecedented rapidity of projected climatic changes, some species may not be able to move their ranges fast enough to track shifts in suitable...

URL: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2012/05/climate-change-global-warming-mammal-species-migration/1
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