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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 09:27 PM
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Is Global Warming Creating New Climate Zones? Experts Say "Yes"


Anyone with a sense of the 4.5 billion-year history of climate and geological change on our planet knows that change is the only true global constant. Global warming is re-structuring the world's climate zones, with some estimates that by 2100 polar and mountain climates disappearing altogether and formerly unknown ones emerging in the tropics (keep in mind that the Antarctic was once a tropical life-zone).

When climate zones shift, the animals and plants that live in them will be at greater risk of extinction, said Jack Williams, a geographer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

"What we've shown is these climates disappear, not just regionally, but they're disappearing from the global set of climates, and the species that live in these climates really have nowhere to go as the system changes," according to Williams.

Acclerating climate change will also lead to dramatic shifts in the behavior of nation states and the human species as a whole. I've listed recent posts on climate change and global warming.
Posted by Casey Kazan.

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/12/global-warming.html
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 01:22 AM
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1. k*r It's coming
They wouldn't listen and it's going to get very strange.

Great source you linked from I looked around and it's very well done.

Like this http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/12/reboot-your-bra.html#more

We'll extend our life span so we can hang around witness the deluge!
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 10:16 AM
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2. Antarctica may very well once have had a tropical climate....
but was it anywhere near the South Pole at that time?

60-150 million years of continental drift never seems to be taken into account.
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 10:25 AM
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3. was still down there:
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