Southern Cross Party Ltd

Perhaps the Prime Minister should read it. I read two things last week that could be linked to climate change. One was the seagrass survey for the Port of Weipa. Use Google if you want to find the report, it is on the web. The report records a significant decline in seagrass beds in Albatross Bay due to overheating which in turn is due to reduced cloud cover due to drought. The other mystery is the disappearance of brushtail possums from much of Cape York Peninsula (attributed to changed fire regime). Most of these losses of biodiversity or ecosystem productivity go unheralded by the media. Few of the papers seem to consider climate change as a possible culprit. How the fire regime change got rid of the possums is not discussed. However it is well know that leaf-eating possums are very sensitive to temperature (there is no surface water on bauxite plateaus so the possums can't sweat and their food contains more toxins when grown at higher temperatures). Why was climate change not listed as a possible cause? I am sure that Flannery only wrote about the tip of the iceberg.