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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on May 15, 2010, 23:35

Title: Lizards succumb to global warming
Post by: sam on May 15, 2010, 23:35

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By 2080, global warming could result in one-fifth of the world's lizard species becoming extinct, a global study has found.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=lizards-succumb-to-global-warming

Title: Re: Lizards succumb to global warming
Post by: Rodders on May 16, 2010, 00:01

Our local conservation group is also doing their bit to extinguish the species.  They recently ordered contractors to reduce the bracken and gorse in a nearby nature reserve, but bulldozers left it looking like a lunar landscape.  Here's a fairly ropey picture (taken with my back-up mobile) that shows a Sand Lizard and Slow-worm before they were evicted.  The conservationists are now an endangered species.

(https://www.pc-pals.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv300%2FMothballs%2FPC-Pals%2Fsandslow.jpg&hash=e38e941dc5b3a4152f014fd311506e9840d80d9d)

Title: Re: Lizards succumb to global warming
Post by: sam on May 16, 2010, 04:34

argh