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Global Warming Could Shrink Mammal Size
2013-11-04 12:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Global warming in the past shrunk the size of mammals and according to experts, it might happen again. Philip Gingerich at University of Michigan and his colleagues recently presented a research at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. They said that there is enough evidence to support the idea that mammals could shrink in size due human-led global warming. Previous research, too, has shown that rising carbon dioxide levels could reduce animal body size in the future. The first time global...
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First study of little-known mammal reveals climate change threat
2013-10-28 14:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: One of the world's least-known flying foxes could face extinction by rising seas and changing precipitation patterns due to global warming, according to a new study in Zookeys. The research, headed by Donald Buden with the College of Micronesia, is the first in-depth study of the resident bats of the remote Mortlock Islands, a part of the Federated States of Micronesia. Currently considered Critically Endangered, Mortlock's flying foxes (Pteropus pelagicus) were decimated by commercial hunting...
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Sea lion may be first nonhuman mammal to keep a beat
2013-04-08 19:39:26| CNET News.com
Humans and parrots, clear the dance floor. This sea lion's got rhythm. [Read more]