Climate change affecting Europe's butterflies and birds - World - Mail & Guardian Online

A team led by Vincent Devictor of France's National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) found that from 1990 to 2008, average temperatures in Europe rose by one degree Celsius.

This is extremely high, about 25% greater than the global average for all of the last century.

In order to live at the same temperature, species would have to shift northward by 249 kilometres, they calculated.

But during this period, butterflies moved only 114 kilometres, and birds by just 37 kilometres.

‘Green jobs to grow by up to 60% in 2012′ | Central Chronicle

Mumbai: With ‘global warming’ becoming a major concern world over, hiring of green professionals is likely to grow by up to 60 per cent this year, say experts.