• Study: Global warming may destroy some climates and create new ones
• Rain forests could face unexpected changes, species may struggle to adapt
• Current climates in the Peruvian and Colombian Andes may disappear
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some climates may disappear from Earth entirely, not just from their current locations, while new climates could develop if the planet continues to warm, a study says.
Such changes would endanger some plants and animals while providing new opportunities for others, said John W. Williams, an assistant professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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"While the idea of novel climates may seem like a positive consequence of humans using the atmosphere as a sewer and causing rapid, unprecedented climate change, I would argue that mitigation of our pollution should be an even stronger reaction to these results," said Robock, who was not part of the research team.
"The potential consequences and how these new regimes will be populated are poorly known, and the potential for new threats to humans through disease vectors could be a real danger," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/03/26/climate.change.ap/index.htmlI had never thought of global warming as causing new and more widespread diseases.
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