Climate change: If warming approaches 2°C, a trickle of extinctions will become a flood

Category : Climate Change | Location : International  | Posted on 2023-12-12 12:07:09

Our world has warmed by roughly 1.2°C since the pre-industrial period. Many species are already exposed to increasingly intolerable conditions, driving some populations to die off or contract at the hottest edges of their geographic ranges. Biodiversity is feeling the heat in all ecosystems and regions, from mountain tops to ocean depths. Source: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/climate-change/climate-change-if-warming-approaches-2-c-a-trickle-of-extinctions-will-become-a-flood-93331