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kpete

(72,898 posts)
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 04:36 PM Jul 2012

Al Gore Is Apparently, Fatter Than Ever

Although species migrate to stay within climate zones in which they can survive, continued climate shift at the rate of the past three decades is expected to take an enormous toll on planetary life. If global warming approaches 3°C by the end of the century, it is estimated that 21-52% of the species on Earth will be committed to extinction.


http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2012/20120105_PerceptionsAndDice.pdf
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/dicing-with-the-climate/
http://greedgreengrains.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-heat-is-it-weather-or-is-it-climate.html
http://www.americablog.com/2012/07/quarter-to-half-of-species-on-earth-may.html
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