Biodiversity conservation: climate change and extinction risk.
Thomas et al. have carried out a useful analysis of the extinction risk from climate warming. Their overall conclusion, that a large fraction of extant species could be driven to extinction by expected climate trends over the next 50 years, is compelling: it adds to the many other reasons why new energy policies are needed to reduce the pace of warming.
Harte
John
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Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. jharte@socrates.berkeley.edu
Ostling
Annette
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Green
Jessica L
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Kinzig
Ann
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D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology; D003246:Conservation of Energy Resources; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D008954:Models, Biological; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011793:Queensland; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012306:Risk; D013045:Species Specificity; D013997:Time Factors