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Will lemmings fall off climate change cliff?

Contrary to popular belief, lemmings do not commit mass suicide by leaping off cliffs into the sea. A bigger threat to the the rodents is climate change, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which is launching a study to examine how these tiny but important players in the ecological health of the far North will fare in the age of global warming.

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