Deporting Plants and Animals to Protect Them from Climate Change [News]

Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 15:21 in Earth & Climate

As San Diego and Los Angeles have grown, the scrub land of southern California has been paved and built over. That has squeezed out the Quino checkerspot butterfly's habitat, and with the climate changes coming as a result of human greenhouse gas emissions, its listing as an endangered species by the U.S. government may not be enough to save the pretty little butterfly from extinction. [More]

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