Saturday 23 February 2019

Climate change officially claims its first mammal: The Bramble Cay melomys is declared extinct

Climate change officially claims its first mammal: The Bramble Cay melomys is declared extinct

In 1978, researchers estimated several hundred rodents lived on the island, but the numbers dropped to the double digits by 1998. Just 12 were caught in November 2004.

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