Climate change could kill off pandas
Climate change could kill off pandas
Climate change threatens to drive pandas to extinction in the wild as rising temperatures wipe out bamboo in the last remaining habitat for the endangered species.
6:00PM GMT 11 Nov 2012
A new study predicts that climate change is set to wipe out much of the bamboo on which the bears rely for food.
Prime panda habitat in China could be decimated by the end of the century, say the researchers.
Human development adds to the threat by blocking the bears' access to places where bamboo is less affected by rising temperatures, they point out.
"We will need pro-active actions to protect the current giant panda habitats," said lead researcher Dr Mao-Ning Tuanmu, from Yale University in the US.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9670194/Climate-change-could-kill-off-pandas.html
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to south Florida, bamboo grows quite well here....
I hate what we are doing to the other species all over the planet. Whenever I see pictures of polar bears clinging to tiny bits of ice my eyes always fill with tears.
But it does seem that Hurricane Sandy's really got people talking, though. Excellent news, IMO. 
