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Thu 07 Jul 2010Climate change clues unearthed in Greenland
CLUES TELLING us what to expect from climate change are easily found, both in the fossil record of plants but also in the genes of animals living around us today. These clues tell us that overwhelming changes are on the way with massive species extinctions and unparalleled changes to our environment.
The public was shown these clues in an intriguing session yesterday on the final day of the EuroScience Open Forum in Turin. They exist in 200 million-year-old plant fossils dug out of the stone in Greenland – once covered by a lush subtropical forest; can be seen in fish that become male or female in response to temperature; and are read in the genes of bats, the second most varied species of mammal in the world.
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