*Ø* Blogmanac | Climate risk 'to million species'
By Alex Kirby, BBC News Online, 7 January
"Climate change could drive a million of the world's species to extinction as soon as 2050, a scientific study says. The authors say in the journal Nature a study of six world regions suggested a quarter of animals and plants living on the land could be forced into oblivion.
"They say cutting greenhouse gases and storing the main one, carbon dioxide, could save many species from vanishing.
"The United Nations says the prospect is also a threat to the billions of people who rely on Nature for their survival."
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By Alex Kirby, BBC News Online, 7 January
"Climate change could drive a million of the world's species to extinction as soon as 2050, a scientific study says. The authors say in the journal Nature a study of six world regions suggested a quarter of animals and plants living on the land could be forced into oblivion.
"They say cutting greenhouse gases and storing the main one, carbon dioxide, could save many species from vanishing.
"The United Nations says the prospect is also a threat to the billions of people who rely on Nature for their survival."
Read on here
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