The latest issue of the scientific journal Nature Climate Change published details from a group of researchers about how climate changes will affect on the global biodiversity by the end of this century, says Walter Helwich. They are warning that over the years, the environmental and weather changes could have a great effect on a various plants all over the world.
The researchers explain their words by saying that the plant and animal species could be extinct dramatically, as a result of almost 50% decrease of climatic range. “Our research foresees that climate change will greatly reduce the diversity of the most common types in different parts of the world. This loss of biodiversity on a global scale will shorten the biosphere and the ecosystem,” explained the study’s leader, Dr. Rachel Warren. “It will affect also the people, because these species are the most essential for air purification, flood control, eco-tourism etc.”
They predict that reptiles and amphibians are some of the particularly threatened species. In addition, they stated that sub-Saharan region of Africa, Central America, Amazonia and Australia will lose greater part of plants and animal species.
“Their major challenge in ecology was when they predicted the reaction of some species on climate changes,” stated researchers from the University of San Diego, California. The research they conducted at the University was mainly focused on plants. The results, they published in the scientific journal, rely on evidence from the study of life cycles of plants and experiments.
Plants and animals are indispensable for maintaining the life on earth; they form a part of the food chain, so their loss would have a huge impact on all living creatures, adds Helwich. Plants are the basis of the chain and use photosynthesis to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water.
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