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Climate Relicts: My new story for Yale Environment 360

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By Carl Zimmer
Aug 29, 2011 6:54 PMNov 20, 2019 1:37 AM

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I'm among the 800,000 people in Connecticut without power thanks to Irene, so I won't be blogging much for the foreseeable future. But before I get to other matters like dragging branches around, let me point you to my latest piece for Yale Enivronment 360. I take a look at a new concept called the climate relict. Around the world, there are pockets of plants and animals living hundreds of miles away from their main species ranges. They were left behind in refuges at the end of the last Ice Age, as others moved towards the poles in response to the warming climate. As the climate now warms even more, climate relicts have a lot to teach us about how to manage biodiversity. Check it out. [Update: bad link to Yale e360 fixed]

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