NASA REPORTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Global Warming continues to become a mainstream issue as more respected studies support the premise that our Planet is warming at an unprecidented rate.

The latest study, was conducted by scientists from a number of institutions, led by James Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

Extinctions are at the forefront of the study's concerns. In previous times, species have adapted to gradual climate changes by migrating toward, and away from, the poles in order to stay in their own climatic niche. But at current warming rates, it is predicted that most species will not be able to move and adapt fast enough to stay ahead of the migrating climate.

You can find more information on climate change from the conservation organisation WWF.

More-frequent bleaching is evidence that corals on Australia's Great Barrier Reef are already experiencing the consequences of higher sea temperatures accelerated by human-induced global warming.