Climate Change: Plants and Animals Race for Survival
Harry Hope
From The Guardian, 12/23/09:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/23/global-warming-spreading-quarter-mile-year
Plants and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across
the globe
Lowland tropics, mangroves and deserts at greater risk than
mountainous areas as global warming spreads, study finds
By David Adam
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Species that can tolerate only a narrow range of temperatures will
need to move as quickly if they are to survive.
Wildlife in lowland tropics, mangroves and desert areas are at greater
risk than species in mountainous areas, the study suggests.
"These are the conditions that will set the stage, whether species
move or cope in place," said Chris Field, director of the department
of global ecology at the Carnegie Institution in the US, who worked on
the project. http://dge.stanford.edu/
"Expressed as velocities, climate change projections connect directly
to survival prospects for plants and animals."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/climate-change
The study, by scientists at the Carnegie Institution, Stanford
University, the California Academy of Sciences, and the University of
California, Berkeley, combined information on current and projected
future climate to calculate a "temperature velocity" for different
parts of the world.
They found that mountainous areas will have the lowest velocity of
temperature change, meaning that animals will not need to move very
far to stay in the temperature range of their natural habitat.
However, much larger geographic displacements are required in flatter
areas such as flooded grasslands, mangroves and deserts, in order for
animals to keep pace with their climate zone.
The researchers also found that most currently protected areas are not
big enough to accommodate the displacements required.
Healy Hamilton, director of the centre for applied biodiversity
informatics at the California Academy of Sciences, said:
"One of the most powerful aspects of this data is that it allows us to
evaluate how our current protected area network will perform as we
attempt to conserve biodiversity in the face of global climate
change."
He added:
"When we look at residence times for protected areas, which we define
as the amount of time it will take current climate conditions to move
across and out of a given protected area, only 8% of our current
protected areas have residence times of more than 100 years. If we
want to improve these numbers, we need to both reduce our carbon
emissions and work quickly towards expanding and connecting our global
network of protected areas."
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The study examines the movement of climate zones, not species, the
scientists stress, which means it is difficult to predict what the
impacts may be on individual trees, insects and animals.
Some are more tolerant to changing temperature than others, and the
movement of species can be difficult to track.
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The scientists say that global warming will cause temperatures to
change so rapidly that almost a third of the globe could see climate
velocities higher than even the most optimistic estimates of plant
migration speeds.
Some plants and animals may have to be physically moved by humans to
help them cope, the scientists say, while protected areas must also be
enlarged and joined together.
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Harry
1-20-2013
> From The Guardian, 12/23/09:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/23/global-warming-spreading-quarter-mile-year
>
> Plants and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across
> the globe
We had to bring all the plants and pets in last night because it was so
freekin' cold outside!!! ;^D
LOL!!!
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Man-made global warming/climate change is a massive, money-grabbing HOAX!
James
> From The Guardian, 12/23/09:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/23/global-warming-spreading-quarter-mile-year
>
> Plants and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across
> the globe
So how many species did we lose this year and which ones?
Peter Franks
> From The Guardian, 12/23/09:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/23/global-warming-spreading-quarter-mile-year
>
> Plants and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across
> the globe
That's what you guys call 'evolution', right?
I'd still like to know who or what decided that climate change is bad
and that we even need to do anything about it.
CB
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AlGore's cooked up fraud laden data is to big to fail. The evidence is in
( the gears are in place for the risky scheme of Carbon Credit Swaps),
there's no more debate. Gubment WILL seize your assets to fill their greedy
over spending lockbox.
--
CB
"There are a whole lot of religious people in America, including the
majority of Democrats. When we abandon the field of religious discourse --
when we ignore the debate about what it means to be a good Christian or
Muslim or Jew; when we discuss religion only in the negative sense of where
or how it should not be practiced, rather than in the positive sense of what
it tells us about our obligations toward one another; when we shy away from
religious venues and religious broadcasts because we assume that we will be
unwelcome -- others will fill the vacuum. And those who do are likely to be
those with the most insular views of faith, or who cynically use religion to
justify partisan ends"
--Barack Obama
The stealing of wealth is the partisan ends to 'climate change' worship of
Giya
GOP Altered History
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So's Limbaugh.
Blue
> From The Guardian, 12/23/09:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/23/global-warming-spreading-quarter-mile-year
>
> Plants and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across
> the globe
Yeah, in fear of man taking all the CO2 out of the air.
Blue
Where ?
http://healthforself.today.com/files/2009/06/lungs-3.jpg
http://www.harunyahya.com/books/science/blood_heart/images/heart_lungs.jpg
fost...@gmail.com
> So's Limbaugh.
I pissed on your Mom's head tonight.
She seemed to enjoy the "climate change".
Blue
>
>> My China Blue Heaven wrote:
>>> In article <7pi98r...@mid.individual.net>, Blue <bl...@there.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Harry Hope wrote:
>>>>> From The Guardian, 12/23/09:
>>>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/23/global-warming-spreading
>>>>> -q
>>>>> uarter-mile-year
>>>>>
>>>>> Plants and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across
>>>>> the globe
>>>> Yeah, in fear of man taking all the CO2 out of the air.
>>> So can I take that as you are willing to pay for any new irrigation
>>> systems?
>>
>>
>> Where ?
>
> irrrigation systems become too dry.
Gordon Brown hates white folk.
Peter Franks
> In article <7pi98r...@mid.individual.net>, Blue <bl...@there.com> wrote:
>
Absolutely. Clean (potable and non-potable) water is a necessity of
life, and regardless of GW, water systems are requisite.
Gen IV nuclear powering desal/pumps should take care of the problems for
a LONG time.
leona...@gmail.com
> My China Blue Heaven wrote:
>
>
>
> > In article <7piftsF5t...@mid.individual.net>, Blue <b...@there.com> wrote:
>
> >> My China Blue Heaven wrote:
>
> >>>> Harry Hope wrote:
> >>>>> From The Guardian, 12/23/09:
> >>>>> -q
> >>>>> uarter-mile-year
>
> >>>>> Plants and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across
> >>>>> the globe
> >>>> Yeah, in fear of man taking all the CO2 out of the air.
> >>> So can I take that as you are willing to pay for any new irrigation
> >>> systems?
>
> >> Where ?
>
> > US, Britain, France, or anywhere else the rainfall changes and the old
> > irrrigation systems become too dry.
>
> Gordon Brown hates white folk.
# Naaaahh! He hates everyone but himself
The biggest error his predecessor made was not
kicking him out of the cabinet.
leona...@gmail.com
>
> >> Harry Hope wrote:
> >>> From The Guardian, 12/23/09:
> >>> uarter-mile-year
>
> >>> Plants and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across
> >>> the globe
>
> >> Yeah, in fear of man taking all the CO2 out of the air.
>
> > So can I take that as you are willing to pay for any new irrigation systems?
>
> Absolutely. Clean (potable and non-potable) water is a necessity of
> life, and regardless of GW, water systems are requisite.
>
> Gen IV nuclear powering desal/pumps should take care of the problems for
> a LONG time.
ROTFLMAO: Why should they need de-sal pumps???
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