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March 31, 2015

Climate change winners, losers listed in Alaska

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Some northwest Alaska bird species could benefit from climate change but increased temperatures could harm populations of several mammals, a federal study has concluded.

More shrubs and trees and less tundra could help tree-dwellers such as northern goshawks, according to the study, which predicted changes in boreal and Arctic habitats used by 162 bird species and 39 land mammals in northwest Alaska.


 
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