Wanna Know About Climate Change? Ask a Beetle (IMAGE)

McGill University

Wanna Know About Climate Change? Ask a Beetle

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McGill researchers believe that Arctic beetles may prove to be ideal markers of climate change, since any changes in climate that affect the soil, plants and animals on which the beetles depend are likely to be quickly reflected in changes in the beetle communities.

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Henri Goulet

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