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Posted Tue Jun 9 2009: from The Vancouver Sun: Global warming may be good for starfish: UBC study http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1244569394 Global warming may benefit certain marine life, a study by University of B.C. researchers suggests. Rebecca Gooding, a UBC PhD student, found that young purple ochre sea stars grow faster, heavier and larger as water warms and concentrations of carbon dioxide, a byproduct of global warming, increase. “Global warming … could be good for it,” said Gooding. “In an evolutionary sense, if they’re bigger, that’s probably better, because if they reach adulthood faster, they can spend more time producing offspring,” she said. [Read more stories about: global warming, ocean warming] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: Your Quips: Jobeth says: "Sure! And they can produce little jellystars." Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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