Climate change is making animals smaller: Study
(World News Science)

JOHANNESBURG: Climate change is shrinking the body size of animals, according to the evidence collected by researchers over a 23-year-period between 1976 and 1999. Researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) studied changes in the weight of mountain wagtails, a type of bird, along the Palmiet River in Westville, South Africa. Climate change is having profound effects on Earth and its ecosystems, and during the past 100 years, global temperatures have increased by close to one degree Celsius. From the fossil record, it is known that during past...