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Posted Fri Jan 6 2012: from Christian Science Monitor:
Climate change models flawed, extinction rate likely higher than predicted http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1325863169
As climate change progresses, the planet may lose more plant and animal species than predicted, a new modeling study suggests. This is because current predictions overlook two important factors: the differences in how quickly species relocate and competition among species, according to the researchers, led by Mark Urban, an ecologist at the University of Connecticut. Already evidence suggests that species have begun to migrate out of ranges made inhospitable by climate change and into newly hospitable territory. "We have really sophisticated meteorological models for predicting climate change," Urban said in a statement. "But in real life, animals move around, they compete, they parasitize each other and they eat each other. The majority of our predictions don't include these important interactions."
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"Real life"? Didn't we already innovate ourselves out of that mess?

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