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It took 102 years for a colony of Italian snails to be discovered at the National Trust estate of Cliveden in Buckinghamshire. Experts say the snails must have arrived...
Lemming decline
30th June 2010
Lemmings are declining in Norway, probably due to climate change, according to a paper published in Nature. Scientists say that warmer winters make it harder for the rodents to hide from predators and find food.
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The decline is definitely due
The decline is definitely due to climate change. You cannot make any changes to this at all. We have to make changes to save them.
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