Giant Pandas - climate change casualties?

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[font size="1"]The research, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, focused on the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province, which is home to around 275 wild pandas. Photograph: guardian.co.uk[/font]


(Guardian UK) Giant pandas could be left hungry and struggling to survive by global warming, scientists have warned.

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 completely lost 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. ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/12/giant-pandas-threatened-climate-change