Global warming poses most immediate threat to tropics, study finds - latimes.com - 0 views
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Peter Nguyen on 22 Oct 13Will this be the cause of animal extinction? I think global warming could affect animals more than humans
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Polar bears and penguins are usually the first creatures that come to mind when considering the likely victims of global warming
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Wow, this is interesting. Why would underwater creatures be affected first? I was shocked when I read this
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but a new study finds that fish, coral and other inhabitants of the tropics will be the first to take the brunt of climate change.
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forced to cope with temperatures beyond their historical range in perhaps 15 years, a new climate analysis concludes.
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animals in areas closest to the equator will be forced to cope with temperatures that are outside their historical range in as little as about 15 years.
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animals in the tropics are particularly vulnerable
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Conditions in the tropics stay in a narrower range than in other places on the planet, so it takes a smaller shift to put creatures in peril
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So forest life could be gone forever and extinct? Might that lead to global hunger?
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substantially different climate by 2047 if human beings continue to do little to rein in emissions of heat-trapping gases
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Los Angeles will see permanent changes to its climate by 2048
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Washington's climate will change radically by 2047 if the world continues on its current course
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considerable threat to thousands of plant and animal species that will have to move, adapt or face extinction
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I knew this could lead to extinction! Without plant life, how will the environment be affected? Mainly, without plant life will humans survive or move into another planet?
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face grave disruptions as well, from agriculture to water security to public health
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"The optimistic way to look at this is that taking steps to reduce emissions is buying us time — for species to adapt, for human societies to change and to come up with technological advancements,"
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I would think around this time, we would have already have come up with flying cars and life spans. What can future scientists do to turn global warming around?
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great temperature increases expected in the Arctic.
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first to experience unprecedented temperature changes surprised scientists who weren't involved in the research.
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greatest variety of life and biodiversity and the poorest people in world live in the tropics, and the new climate shifts will be outside their parents' and grandparents' experience."
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Wouldn't part of Africa be affected? They live around forests and desserts!
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fewer opportunities for plants and animals to do that
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Given that, there's a very, very severe worry about what this will do to species in the tropics,"
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I would believe that animal extinction would mostly occur. Then we can't eat meat anymore. Veggies for life until plant life is extinct. Might it turn into cannibalism?
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animals with shorter life spans will have more generations pass through a given time period
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gives them more chances to evolve and adapt to new conditions.
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Will the polar ice caps be affected by melting? How will living things survive?
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