If extinctions linked to climate change are natural events, why shall we worry about the current scenario?
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-5154.v1p9-11Keywords:
Extinction, physiology, climate change, synergism.Abstract
The climate of Earth is changing in parallel to an accelerated biodiversity lost. Massive extinctions associated with climate change happened already along the history of life in the Earth. So, are we witnessing one more event of natural mass extinction? This assay aims to discuss this question.Downloads
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