Species may appear deceptively resilient to climate change
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Global Warming Focus -- Nature itself can be the best defense against climate change for many species -- at least in the short term -- according to a study published in the journal Ecology Letters from the University of California, Davis.
The study found that natural habitats play a vital role in helping other plants and animals resist heat stresses ramping up with climate change -- at least until the species they depend on to form those habitats become imperiled. This suggests a need to re-evaluate climate change predictions for many species, including predictions that species in the south will move north with global warming.
The work focused on the rocky shoreline stretching from California’s Channel Islands to Washington’s Olympic National Park, where low tides expose marine species to intense heat. It also has implications for habitats like grasslands and rainforests, which support millions of smaller species.
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Similar to how trees support birds and chipmunks, species like mussels and seaweed form habitat for other …
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(2017-12-04), Species may appear deceptively resilient to climate change, Global Warming Focus, 37, ISSN: 1945-7855, BUTTER® ID: 014800720