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Letter: Slim chance

Published 20 February 2013

From Valerie Yule

As other creatures shrink to cope in a hotter world humans may face an additional squeeze on food resources, as you suggested (9 February, p 40). Perhaps those of us with a metabolism suited to eating and drinking less may have the advantage in a crowded, hungry, hotter world.

Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia

Issue no. 2905 published 23 February 2013

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