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Expanding tropics to send climate haywire
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12-3-2007 12:49 AM
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2007/12/03/2107763.htm?site=science&topic=enviro"> Deborah Zabarenko</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2007/12/03/2107763.htm?site=science&topic=enviro"><P class="first">Climate change is causing earth's tropical zones to creep towards the poles faster than scientists once thought, according to findings that have worldwide implications.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2007/12/03/2107763.htm?site=science&topic=enviro"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/8888D59C-C334-4659-B52F-D760BB30513B" alt="drought" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2007/12/03/2107763.htm?site=science&topic=enviro"><P>This shift also means dry subtropical zones, like southern Australia, may become drier, notably intensifying water scarcity.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2007/12/03/2107763.htm?site=science&topic=enviro"><P>And people in temperate zones may experience more storms, scientists write online in the journal <A target="_blank" href="http://www.nature.com/ngeo"><EM>Nature Geoscience</EM></A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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