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With nothing able to eat them, cane toads are eating each other
It’s creating an evolutionary pressure to grow fast.
海面上昇の危機には防潮堤の建設では対抗できない？ 新たなモデルが示す「自然を基盤とした解決策」の重要性
気候変動による海面上昇に対抗すべく、世界各地で防潮堤が築かれている。だが防潮堤を築いて浸水を防いだとしても、水は近隣の土地へと流れて浸水を引き起こしてしまう──。そんな新たなモデルが、このほど公表された。論文で提案されている解決策は、防潮堤だけに頼らずに「自然を基盤とした解決策」を模索することだ。
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