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Bramble Cay melomys the first mammal driven to extinction by climate change, researchers say

 Bramble Cay melomys.

Bramble Cay melomys. Source: Wikimedia/State of Queensland CC BY 3.0

Human-caused climate change appears to have driven the Great Barrier Reef's only endemic mammal Bramble Cay melomys being completely wiped-out from its only known location, according to a new research. More on this story by Themis Kallos and Odysseas Kripotos.


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Human-caused climate change appears to have driven the Great Barrier Reef's only endemic mammal Bramble Cay melomys being completely wiped-out from its only known location, according to a new research. More on this story by Themis Kallos and Odysseas Kripotos.



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