A Milepost On Climate Change’s Road To Hell
Climate Change Claims First Mammal Extinction, Study Says
Ben Remaly, June 15. 2016 (Bloomberg News)
“Australian researchers say human-induced climate change has caused the first recorded extinction of a mammal after they failed to find the [Bramble Cay melomys rodent] on the minute Great Barrier Reef [Bramble Cay island between Australia and Papua New Guinea] it called home…Researchers from the University of Queensland and Queensland's government [ reported]…that sea-level rise caused by climate change destroyed the habitat on the island and possibly drowned the melomys…The scientists completed the survey from August to September 2014. The first reported discovery of the Bramble Cay melomys dates back to 1845…Decreasing estimates of the population were taken in 1978, 1998, 2002 and 2004 before a 2014 survey didn't spot a single melomy…[There may be hope if] populations of the original melomys [survive] on the Fly River delta of Papua New Guinea, but the rodent had only been seen on Bramble Cay…On June 12, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced a $736 million fund to protect the Great Barrier Reef from warming waters and fertilizer run-off…” click here for more
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