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From AAAS EurekAlert : Atmospheric Science

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Public Release: 24-Apr-2008

Are Ice Age relics the next casualty of climate change?

The Wildlife Conservation Society recently
launched a four-year study to determine if
climate change is affecting populations of a
quintessential Arctic denizen: the rare musk ox.

Contact: Stephen Sautner
ssautner@wcs.org
718-220-3682
Wildlife Conservation Society

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Public Release: 24-Apr-2008
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Brown scientists say biodiversity is crucial to ecosystem productivity

In the first experiment in a natural environment,
Brown University scientists have shown that
greater plant diversity significantly enhances an
ecosystem’s productivity. The finding, published
in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, underscores the importance of
biodiversity to an ecosystem’s value, such as
capturing the global warming gas carbon dioxide.
Brown Univerisity, InterAmerican Institute for
Global Change Research, Agencia Nacional de
Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, Argentina’s
National Research Council

Contact: Richard Lewis
richard_lewis@brown.edu
401-863-3766
Brown University

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