BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Tropics insects ‘face extinction’

 
Many tropical insects face extinction by the end of this century unless they adapt to the rising global temperatures predicted, US scientists have said.
Researchers led by the University of Washington said insects in the tropics were much more sensitive to temperature changes than those elsewhere.

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Warming threat worse in tropics – Los Angeles Times

 
Scientists say many species can’t tolerate small temperature rises.
From the Associated Press
11:47 AM PDT, May 5, 2008
WASHINGTON — While global warming is expected to be strongest at the poles, it may be an even greater threat to species living in the tropics, scientists [...]

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No Need to Fly South to See Blossoms in Winter – New York Times Annotated
 
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania.
 
United States Botanical Garden (usbg.gov) in Washington
 
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston (gardnermuseum.org)
 
Wave Hill (wavehill.org) an estate turned public garden in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
 
Tower Hill Botanic Garden (towerhillbg.org), in Boylston, Mass.
 
Planting [...]

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