Climate Change Threatens Goats; Florida Oysters Dwindling

(Before It's News)

Climate change threatens goats. The American mountain goat has been called the greatest mountaineer the peaks ever have known, but now that high altitudes are warming – at a rate two to three times faster than the rest of the planet – the animals’ future is less than certain.

Dwindling oyster supply threatens Florida town’s economy. Apalachicola Bay’s oyster industry is under threat from water-flow issues, environmental concerns, health and safety regulations and economic realities.

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