Sunday, November 4, 2007

Climate change causes habitat shift in Kruger National Park


Disappearing savannas in South Africa's Kruger National Park are forcing scientists to reconsider what conservation means

This is a really long one so I hope you're not linkaphobic!

Basically, they're noticing that ground grazers are moving out, and the tree grazers are moving in because the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is giving shrubs and trees an advantage over grasses. If this trend continues to increase they fear that savannahs will no longer be the dominant ecosystem and will mean the end for them.

"Nature is reorganizing itself around the world"

Anyway, it's not much of a surpise but the shift itself and its process is pretty interesting.

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