Climate Change Is Driving a Global Shift in Where Species Can Survive

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 22:13:39 +0000

In the past 100 years, the planet has warmed in the range of 10 times faster than it did on average over the past 5,000. In response, thousands of species are traveling poleward, climbing to higher elevations, and diving deeper into the seas, seeking their preferred environmental conditions. This great migration is challenging traditional ideas about native species, the role of conservation biology and what kind of environment is desirable for the future.

Data suggest that at least 25% and perhaps as much as 85% of Earth’s estimated 8.7 million species are already shifting ranges in response to climate change.

Read More https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/should-plants-and-animals-relocate-because-climate-change-be-considered-invasive-180975456/

Study Links Human Shoreline Disturbance to Changes in Aquatic Plants and Algal Blooms

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 17:58:19 +0000

Algal blooms in Bednesti Lake, British Columbia, Canada, over recent years led researchers to look into how humans impact aquatic life. Overall what they found was a chain reaction, when a type of aquatic plant like a lily pad was removed, other plants disappeared too.

Researchers analyzed 16 human-caused disturbances and 10 natural disturbances to see how much of an impact people truly have on aquatic plant life. Researches found six of those having an impact on individual aquatic plants, so if there was a sandy beach they would tend not to see one type of plant, but you might see another type of plant.

ecosystem change – Aquarius-Systems

Climate Change Is Driving a Global Shift in Where Species Can Survive

Study Links Human Shoreline Disturbance to Changes in Aquatic Plants and Algal Blooms