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294 average 3.8 miles per decade toward the poles

Camille Parmesan and Gary Yohe, ”A Globally Coherent Fingerprint of Climate Change Impacts Across Natural Systems,” Nature, January 2003.

295 half of the mountain species had moved, on average

Craig Moritz et al., ”Impact of a Century of Climate Change on Small-Mammal Communities in Yosemite National Park, USA,” Science, October 2008.

296 reach the poles and the mountaintops and can go no farther

Elisabeth Rosenthal, ”Climate Threatens Birds from Tropics to Mountaintops,” New York Times, January 21, 2011.

297 at risk because they cannot adapt to climate change quickly enough

Kai Zhu et al., ”Failure to Migrate: Lack of Tree Range Expansion in Response to Climate Change,” Global Change Biology 18 (November 2011).

298 according to scientists, are facing a rising risk of extinction

Lucas Joppa et al., ”How Many Species of Flowering Plants Are There?,” Proceedings of the Royal Society B, July 2010.

299 United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity notes

United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, ”Global Biodiversity Outlook 3,” January 2010, /gbo-3_90.html, p. 51.

300 as a precautionary measure for the future of mankind

John Roach, ” 'Doomsday' Vault Will End Crop Extinction, Expert Says,” National Geographic, December 27, 2007.

301 carbon tax to the taxpayers but would have applied one third

Matt Kasper, ”Rep. Jim McDermott Introduces Carbon Tax Law,” August 6, 2012, ClimateProgress, thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/06/641831/rep-jim-mcdermott-introduces-carbon-tax-law/.

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