Global warming threat growing.

• Position: Wildlife - Brief Article

The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Md., has adopted a policy calling for the reduction of greenhouse gas pollution among the measures needed to confront global climate change. The group's action follows on its recently released scientific review documenting the already known and likely impacts of climate change on wildlife.

The Society is comprised of 9,000 wildlife biologists, researchers, and managers. Its assessment, "Global Climate Change and Wildlife in North America," concludes that the geographic ranges of plant communities and wildlife species in North America likely will move northward (or upward, for mountain species) as temperatures increase. "The critical issue is no longer 'if' climate change is occurring, but rather how to address its effects on wildlife and wildlife habitats," states Larry...