Home Wiping out top predators messes up the climate
 

Keywords :   


Wiping out top predators messes up the climate

2013-02-17 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Scientist: Wiping out top predators like lions, wolves and sharks is tragic, bad for ecosystems - and can make climate change worse. Mass extinctions of the big beasts of the jungles, grasslands and oceans could already be adding to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Trisha Atwood of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, studied the effect of removing predator fish from ponds and rivers in Canada and Costa Rica. Across a range of ecosystems, climates and predators, she found a consistent...

Tags: top climate predators wiping

Category:Electronics and Electrical

Latest from this category

All news

»
05.11Registration Now Open for RadTech 2025
05.11Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
05.11Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
05.11Tropical Storm Rafael Graphics
05.11Tropical Storm Rafael Public Advisory Number 7A
05.11Summary for Tropical Storm Rafael (AT3/AL182024)
05.11Vodafone-Three merger could get green light, watchdog says
05.11Altice USA residential video RGUs down 77,000 in 3Q 2024
More »