THE TERRIFYING SPEED OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Change 10,000 Times Faster Than Evolution
Larry O’Hanlon, July 18, 2013 (Discovery)
“Evolution can be fast, but not fast enough to keep up with the rate of human-caused climate change, say two researchers who have studied the evolution rates of hundreds of species in the past…In fact, many vertebrate species [from 17 groups of animals comprising 540 species that included amphibians, birds, reptile and mammals] would have to speed up their evolution rate [of adaptation to temperature change] 10,000 times to match today's pedal-to-the-metal rate of global warming…” click here for more
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