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Ladybugs Are Shifting Color in Response to a Changing Climate
Thirty years ago, if you were walking along the coast of the Netherlands and picked a two-spot ladybug off the leaf of a European lime tree, chances were that the bug would be red with black spots. If you were farther inland, you’d have had a good chance of finding a bug that was black with red spots. In the past 3 decades, however, researchers have been finding more red bugs inland. The reason, they believe, is that a warming climate and fewer sunny days might be driving a shift in ladybug color.
Increased polar bear cannibalism observed due to sea-ice habitat loss, such a pity!
An adult polar bear is seen dragging the body of a cub that it has just killed across the Arctic sea ice. Polar bears normally hunt seals but if these are not available, the big predators will seek out other sources of food - even their own kind. The picture was taken by environmental photojournalist Jenny Ross in Olgastretet, a stretch of water in the Svalbard archipelago.
Discovery Channel Agrees To Play Complete "Frozen Planet" Series in U.S., Including Climate Change Episode!
After an intense wave of hubbub online (what some would term an “angry uproar”) regarding their questionable earlier decision not to air the seventh episode of “Frozen Planet”in the U.S., Discovery Channel has agreed to play the series in its entirety.
Climate Changes too Quickly for Species to Adapt
The ranges of species will have to change dramatically as a result of climate change between now and 2100 because the climate will change more than 100 times faster than the rate at which species can adapt, according to a newly published study by Indiana Univ. researchers.