A lone polar bear picking its way through nubs of sea-ice. Or an island carpeted with thousands of walruses that can no longer find permafrost patches to rest on. They're the images most people associate with global warming, but a growing number of studies and observations from scientists suggest that this Pole-centric picture should be replaced with something more like a planet-wide panorama — one that includes tropical species like lizards, bats, birds, and insects. All of whose chances of surviving a warming planet might be as bad or worse than the polar bear or walrus.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/6/5070462/climate-change-tropical-species
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