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From: Cliff on 17 May 2010 11:06 On Fri, 14 May 2010 07:13:54 -0400, Cliff <Clhuprichguesswhat(a)aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10113949.stm > "Climate change link to lizard extinction" >[ >Lizards are more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought Climate >change could wipe out 20% of the world's lizard species by 2080, according to a >global-scale study. > >An international team of scientists also found that rising temperatures had >aready driven 12% of Mexico's lizard populations to extinction. > >Based on this discovery, the team was able to make global predictions using an >"extinction model". > >They conclude, in an article in Science journal, that "lizards have already >crossed a threshold for extinctions". > >Although the grim prediction for 2080 could change if humans are able to slow >global climate warming, the scientists say that a sharp decline in their numbers >had already begun and would continue for decades. >... >He said: "We are actually seeing lowland species moving upward in elevation, >slowly driving upland species extinct, and if the upland species can't evolve >fast enough then they're going to continue to go extinct." > >Lizards, the researchers say, are far more susceptible to climate-warming >extinction than previously thought. Many species live right at the edge of their >"thermal limits". > >Rising temperatures, they explained, leave lizards unable to spend sufficient >time foraging for food, as they have to rest and regulate their body >temperature. >... >But their article went on to say that the research team had shown that >"climate-forced extinctions were not only in the future" but were "happening >now". >] http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/05/despite-all-the-talk-about.ars "Cold blood won't save lizards from rising temperatures" [ Despite many claims about climate change wreaking havoc on biodiversity, there are very few experimentally-validated models that can accurately explain recent extinctions and project future extinctions based on rising temperatures. However, a study in last week's Science conclusively links extinctions of Sceloporus lizard species to climate change and forecasts a gloomy future for many other lizard species around the world. ..... ]
From: Mark on 17 May 2010 12:27 Looks like your time may be short, better get right with God. On May 17, 11:06 am, Cliff <Clhuprichguessw...(a)aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote: > > http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/05/despite-all-the-talk-abou.... > "Cold blood won't save lizards from rising temperatures" > [ > Despite many claims about climate change wreaking havoc on biodiversity, there > are very few experimentally-validated models that can accurately explain recent > extinctions and project future extinctions based on rising temperatures. > However, a study in last week's Science conclusively links extinctions of > Sceloporus lizard species to climate change and forecasts a gloomy future for > many other lizard species around the world. > ....
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