New maps show how habitats may shift with climate change
This map shows how marine habitat ranges will shift likely in a segment of the Northern Hemisphere. The length of the black arrows indicates the velocity of temperature change, and the color schemes correspond with the nature of the habitat migration, as follows. SINK: Migrations terminate due to some barrier, such as coastlines. SOURCE: Migrations do not terminate. CORRIDOR: Many migrations passing through. DIVERGENCE: Fewer migrations end than start. CONVERGENCE: More migrations start than end. Credit: Michael Burrows and Jorge Garcia Molinosor
As regional temperatures shift with climate change, many plants and animals will need to relocate to make sure they stay in the range of temperatures they’re used to.
For some species, this shift will mean a fairly direct adjustment toward higher latitudes to stay with cooler temperatures, but for many others, the path will take twists and turns…
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I’ve noticed over the last 3-5 yrs that we now have mosquitoes at our elevation (about 3000 ft) where we never had any before. I also saw an unusual variety of insects last year that attacked my garden – again, some insects I’ve never noticed before (but thought it was due to the very warm winter last year).
Thank you for the re-blog 🙂
Thank you for all your posts on subjects that are important, even the ones I don’t always agree with.