Friday, June 09, 2006

Climate Change and Evolution

EurekAlert press release:
Recent, rapid climate change is driving evolution of animal species.

Oregon researcheres say organisms are adapting to altered seasons and not to direct effects of increasing temperatures.

Rapid climate changes over the past several decades have led to heritable, genetic changes in animals as diverse as squirrels, birds and mosquitoes, according to University of Oregon evolutionary geneticists. . . .

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