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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Climate Change: Bulletproof Meat Eating Spiders

This tongue-in-cheek response from The Register referring to a report from National Geographic, talks about warmer arctic conditions having a particular influence on a type of meat eating spider. In a single year of warming the spider´s exoskeleton was 2% thicker. The Register over-extrapolates this to produce a doom scenario in 2060, but the essence of the article is curious to say the least. How many other species will adapt more quickly to climate changes than others, creating a shift in balance in dominant species and the food chain?

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