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Back to the future: Scientists look into Earth's "Deep Time" to predict future effects of climate c…
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=128632&org=NSF&from=news[font face=Serif]Press Release 13-137
[font size=5]Back to the future: Scientists look into Earth's "Deep Time" to predict future effects of climate change[/font]
[font size=4]Express concern for Earth's ability to handle rapid changes[/font]
[font size=3]August 1, 2013
Climate change alters the way in which species interact with one another--a reality that applies not just to today or to the future, but also to the past, according to a paper published by a team of researchers in this week's issue of the journal Science.
"We found that, at all time scales, climate change can alter biotic interactions in very complex ways," said paleoecologist Jessica Blois of the University of California, Merced, the paper's lead author.
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People are comfortable with the way things have been, said Blois. "We've known where to plant crops, for example, and where to find water."
Now we need to know how to respond, she said, to changes that are already happening--and to those coming in the near future.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1237184[font size=5]Back to the future: Scientists look into Earth's "Deep Time" to predict future effects of climate change[/font]
[font size=4]Express concern for Earth's ability to handle rapid changes[/font]
[font size=3]August 1, 2013
Climate change alters the way in which species interact with one another--a reality that applies not just to today or to the future, but also to the past, according to a paper published by a team of researchers in this week's issue of the journal Science.
"We found that, at all time scales, climate change can alter biotic interactions in very complex ways," said paleoecologist Jessica Blois of the University of California, Merced, the paper's lead author.
…
People are comfortable with the way things have been, said Blois. "We've known where to plant crops, for example, and where to find water."
Now we need to know how to respond, she said, to changes that are already happening--and to those coming in the near future.
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