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Bumblebees Quickly Mutating In Response To Global Warming, Say Scientists
2015-09-26 19:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquisitr: Scientists have determined that bumblebees are quickly mutating or evolving to adjust to the effects of global warming. The bodies of bumblebees in the United States are quickly adapting to the changing climate. Scientists researched three separate mountaintops where the golden belted bumblebee used to be the most dominant species at 50 percent. However, when the research was recently conducted, the golden belted bumblebee population had fallen to account for a mere 20 percent. Studying bumblebees...
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Curb climate change or lose bumblebees, blueberries, tomatoes
2015-07-13 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: According to a comprehensive new study published in the journal Science, bumblebees are particularly vulnerable to climate change disruptions. Historical bumblebee ranges have shrunk on their extreme southern edge, while species to the north fail to adapt with any significant migration into cooler regions. Climate change appears to contribute, distinctively, and consistently, to range compression of bumblebee species across both North America and Europe, the authors state. The five-year-long...
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Bumblebees Decimated by Climate Change: Study
2015-07-13 19:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Discovery: All bees -- all pollinators, actually -- are under stress these days, but bumblebees are especially affected by climate change, according to a new study. Other species are mitigating the effects of warming by expanding their territories northward, but not bumblebees, found the study, published in Science. In fact, bumblebees appear to be contracting their territories. One of the important things to me was how many species are being impacted by climate change. That was a bit of a surprise,...
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Bumblebees trapped in "Climate Vice"
2015-07-13 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: s Europe and North America warm, bumblebees should be able to fly north to cooler climes, writes Tim Radford. But they're not: the bees' range is receding in the south, but staying put in the north, and scientists fear their shrinking habitat will put many species at risk of extinction. The humble bumblebee is feeling the squeeze from climate change. Newly published research shows that its southern range is being reduced as the planet warms - and yet it seems to show no sign of migrating northwards...
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Bumblebees Vanish as Climate Warms in America, Europe
2015-07-12 21:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Bumblebees are disappearing from North America and Europe due to climate change, according to a study by Canadian scientists published in the current issue of the journal "Science." Rapid declines in bumblebee species across North America and Europe are strongly linked to climate change, the study shows. "Pollinators are vital for food security and our economy, and widespread losses due to climate change will diminish both," said Jeremy Kerr, lead researcher and professor at the University...
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