Climate change threatens global plant species as habitats shrink
Researchers found 7% to 16% of more than 67,000 vascular plant species could lose over 90% of their range by 2100.
- Climate change could cause 7% to 16% of plant species to lose more than 90% of their habitat, putting them at high risk of extinction.
- Some plant species may shift habitats due to changing rainfall and temperature patterns, creating novel plant communities.
- Plant diversity loss can have cascading effects, reducing the ability of ecosystems to absorb carbon dioxide and support human societies.
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Climate change threatens global plant species as habitats shrink
Some of the plants that make familiar landscapes recognizable may not survive by century's end as climate change becomes an increasingly important driver of species loss, according to scientists, reshaping and often shrinking suitable habitats that the plants need to survive.
In the opinion of experts, some of the plants that lend themselves to familiar landscapes are likely to disappear by the end of the century, with climate change increasingly impacting the extinction of species by reshaping, and often reducing, the suitable habitats that plants need to survive. Researchers have developed models for future outbreaks of a number of plant species, a category that represents almost all the world's plants, which conta…
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