Questões de Concurso

(1º§) Psychologists said the furry-tailed rodents have four traits - boldness, aggressiveness, activity level and sociability.

(2º§) Experts observed and recorded squirrel responses to four tests.

(3º§) They were placed in a holed box, presented with their mirror image, approached in the wild to see how long they waited before fleeing, and caught unharmed in a simple trap.

(4º§) Bolder squirrels moved faster, were more aggressive, active and sociable.

(5º§) They may find more food or defend a larger territory - but are at more risk from predators or accidents. Dr Jaclyn Aliperti, ___ the University of California, said the scientific field of animal personality is relatively young but its development is key.

(6º§) She explained: "Accounting ___ personality may be important when predicting wildlife responses to new conditions such as changes or destruction of habitat.

(7º§) "This is a hard science but if it makes you relate to animals more, maybe people will be more interested in conserving them."

Fonte: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16108389/squirrels -have-personalities-a-study-found/?rec_article=true

How Africa will be affected by climate change

    The African continent will be hardest hit by climate change. There are four key reasons for this. First, African society is very closely coupled with the climate system; hundreds of millions of people depend on rainfall to grow their food. Second, the African climate system is controlled by an extremely complex mix of large-scale weather systems, many from distant parts of the planet and, in comparison with almost all other inhabited regions, is vastly understudied. It is therefore capable of all sorts of surprises. Third, the degree of expected climate change is large. The two most extensive land-based end-of-century projected decreases in rainfall anywhere on the planet occur over Africa; one over North Africa and the other over southern Africa. Finally, the capacity for adaptation to climate change is low; poverty equates to reduced choice at the individual level while governance generally fails to prioritise and act on climate change.

https://www.bbc.com/... - adapted.