Small mammals -- and rest of food chain -- at greater risk from global warming than thought
Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 17:51
in Earth & Climate
The balance of biodiversity within North American small-mammal communities is so out of whack from the last episode of global warming about 12,000 years ago that the current climate change could push them past a tipping point, with repercussions up and down the food chain, say Stanford biologists.