Warming said to have potential to wipe out most species - Reuters

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Warming said to have potential to wipe out most species
Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:04pm EDT

By Michael Kahn

LONDON (Reuters) - Rising temperatures could wipe out
more than half of the earth's species in the next few
centuries, according to researchers who published a study
on Wednesday linking climate change to past mass
extinctions.

Researchers at the University of York said their study was
the first to examine the relationship between climate,
extinction rates and biodiversity over a long period.

The findings, published in the Proceedings of the Royal
Society, suggest climate change was the cause of large-
scale extinctions, said Peter Mayhew, an ecologist who
worked on the study.

The study analyzed fossil records and temperature
changes over 500 million years, and found that three
of the four biggest extinctions -- defined as when more
than 50 percent of species disappeared -- occurred
during periods of high temperatures.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL2344053520071023

[whistle]

1. How are the bees holding up?

Albert Einstein is supposed to have said:

“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.”

And he has been quoted widely and credited with the remark in National newspapers and, apparently, on thousands of blogs.


But Einstein, though he knew a lot, didn’t know anything about bees. There are many people still searching through Einstein texts, trying to discover if the quote is correct and from which lecture or publication it has been taken.

But he didn’t say it.

It’s just a rumour.

http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/einsteins-bees/

[losthills]

2. Recommend.

(Einstein or no Einstein...)

[Duppers]

3. hubby and I were just talking about this tonight

We drew the same conclusions. And it will come close to wiping out most of us.

Thanks for the article.

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...whoops, I've only one. Shucks. :thumbsup: