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For Lizards, Climate Change Is A Deadly And Complex Threat
2016-09-05 21:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Lizards are expected to be hard hit by climate change - and a new study suggests it might be even worse for some lizards than scientists thought. Lizards are sensitive to global warming because they regulate their body temperature using the environment. They bask in the sun, and cool off in the shade. It's been predicted that about 40 percent of the world's lizard populations will die off by the year 2080, which means roughly 20 percent of lizard species will go extinct. That prediction was...
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