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The Skeptics Guide #160 - Aug 13 2008

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Burmese Python and the Threat of Global Warming

The Python is wreaking havoc in the Everglades to local species. A recent study shows that those older studies were wrong, that they used an incomplete climate model. The more accurate and improved model predicts it will remain in the EverGlades. Increasing CO2 in the atmosphere,. despite the temperature increase, will actually reduce the range of the Burmese Python. Not only in South Florida, but in its native habitat.

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