A Conversation for Global Warming

Woolly Mammoth

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BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows

Scientists from Durham Uni believe tht climate change after the last Ice Age, 21000 years ago, led to warmer temperatures and consequent loss of grassland. This was a major factor in the extinction of 'mega-mammals such as the mammoth. They think this could be a model for what may happen as a result of rapid climate change.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1303981/Did-global-warming-kill-woolly-mammoth.html


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