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Posted Tue Dec 6 2011: from PLoS One -- IU-Bloomington: Study finds climate changes faster than species can adapt http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1323196981 The ranges of species will have to change dramatically as a result of climate change between now and 2100 because the climate will change more than 100 times faster than the rate at which species can adapt, according to a newly published study by Indiana University researchers. The study, which focuses on North American rattlesnakes, finds that the rate of future change in suitable habitat will be two to three orders of magnitude greater than the average change over the past 300 millennia, a time that included three major glacial cycles and significant variation in climate and temperature. [Read more stories about: anthropogenic change, climate impacts, ecosystem interrelationships, habitat loss, massive die-off, sixth extinction] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! 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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