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Climate Change May Bring Big Changes
Description: By 2100, global climate change will modify plant communities covering almost half of Earth's land surface and will drive the conversion of nearly 40 percent of land-based ecosystems from one major ecological community type - such as forest, grassland or tundra - toward another, according to a new NASA and university computer modeling study. [Source: Astrobiology Magazine]
URL: http://astrobio.net/pressrelease/4403/climate-change-may-bring-big-changes
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Source: Astrobiology Magazine
Publish Date: 12/17/2011
Reading Level: Basic
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