Koalas at risk from climate change

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In this June 30 2006 file photo an 8-month-old koala joey left clings to his mother Adori at Sydneys Taronga Zoo as she perches in her tree while eating fresh eucalyptus leaves. A researcher says koala numbers are under threat from carbon pollution i ...
In this June 30, 2006 file photo, an 8-month-old koala joey, left, clings to his mother, Adori, at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, as she perches in her tree while eating fresh eucalyptus leaves. A researcher says koala numbers are under threat from carbon pollution in the atmosphere because the greenhouse gas saps nutrients from eucalypt leaves with are the animals\' only source of food. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

(AP) -- Koalas are threatened by the rising level of carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere because it saps nutrients from the eucalyptus leaves they feed on, a researcher said Wednesday.


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