1.0link225082<![CDATA[Baaad News: Global Warming Shrinks Sheep]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/02/baaad-news-global-warming_n_225082.htmlWASHINGTON — Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.
On average, wild Soay sheep on Scotland's island Hirta are 5 percent smaller today than they were in 1985, according to a team of researchers led by Tim Coulson of Imperial College London.