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Accelerated level of climate change impacting ecological processes #auspol 

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Every aspect of life on Earth has already been impacted by global changes in temperature from human-induced climate change according to a new international study involving researchers from The University of Queensland.

The study found more than 80 per cent of ecological processes that form the foundation for healthy marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems are already showing signs of distress and response to climate change.
UQ’s School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management Associate Professor James Watson said researchers were shocked by what they found.
“We are simply astonished at the level of change we observed which many of us in the scientific community did not expect to see for decades,” Dr Watson said.
“It is no longer sensible to consider this as a concern for the future – if we don’t act quickly to curb emissions it is likely that every ecosystem across Earth will fundamentally change in our…

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November 11, 2016 - Posted by | Uncategorized

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