[MCN] 2 excellent plain-language updates in consequences of climate change

[Lance Olsen]

National Geographic:  excellent plain-language reporting on the redistribution of Life on Earth
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/climate-change-species-migration-disease/ <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/climate-change-species-migration-disease/>

The Economist:  It’s not just the ice: plain talk on many Arctic changes now and in the future
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21721379-current-trends-arctic-will-be-ice-free-summer-2040-arctic-it-known-today <http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21721379-current-trends-arctic-will-be-ice-free-summer-2040-arctic-it-known-today>

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”   …  housing growth poses the main threat to protected areas in the United States 
whereas deforestation is the main threat in developing countries."
 
Volker C. Radeloff, Susan I. Stewart et al. Housing growth in and near United States 
protected areas limits their conservation value. PNAS. January 12, 2010. 

http://www.pnas.org/content/107/2/940.abstract?sid=4718e5e2-8fa3-475a-9b92-032f399600c3



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