Global warming may create new climates, eliminate others

Such changes would endanger some plants and animals while providing new opportunities for others, said John W. Williams, an assistant professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Full Story »

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by David Patterson - Mar. 27, 2007

Speculation about what new climates would look like and how life might change because of it.

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by Jami Dwyer - Mar. 28, 2007

Of course, computer models aren't perfect and few of us have the right degrees to evaluate the settings on the one used here. But the scientists quoted are careful to limit their predictions to the (big) regional temperature changes predicted by their computer models. Like the rest of us, until more research is done, they can only speculate as to the impact that will have on people and other species.

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