What animals are being threatened by climate change?

MacAdder · 07-11-2008

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Originally Posted by dragon(ele)nerd

yeah then again many things atonish us that could be true though believes though this I don't,

We all have our opinions but realistically the facts are glaringly obvious regards global warming and its effects.
Just because you personally do not see a difference of global change from your bedroom window does not indicate that it is not happening.

dragon(ele)nerd · 07-11-2008

oh, I couldn't say it better, it is not always that if you don't see something it isn't happening e.g when the time I had to put forward my strong belief of ghosts, the opposition said " I've never seen one, and those who have could be lying or hallucinating."

You have to trust others opinions and visions or we might as well release 90% of prisoners.

MacAdder · 07-11-2008

*ZooYouthBen* · 07-11-2008

lol i love it!

dragon(ele)nerd · 07-11-2008

ahaha, that's awesome!,

Chlidonias · 03-12-2008

Climate change fears for rare white possum - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Scientists say a white possum, only found in far north Queensland, could be the world's first mammal to be made extinct by global warming.
The rare tree-dwelling lemuroid possum is native to the Daintree, north of Cairns, and has not been seen for three years.
Professor Steve Williams from James Cook University says the temperature in the area has increased by nearly one degree Celsius since the last time the lemuroid possum was seen and other species could be in danger.
"We haven't seen any now for three years despite some fairly intensive looking in the last month or so," he said.
"We have good reason to suspect that it's very susceptible to increased temperatures so now we're very worried that the population has declined significantly due to global warming.
"If it really is a sign of things to come it makes me very worried that the rest of our predictions will also come true and they're very catastrophic.
"We could lose more than 50 per cent of all of the unique species in the region."

the species in question is the lemuroid possum (Hemibelideus lemuroides) which is actually still common in rainforest above 450 metres altitude in north Queensland between Ingham and Cairns. The white lemuroid possum referred to in the news item is not a distinct species but an isolated predominantly-white-furred population found above 1100 metres on the Carbine Tablelands.

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