Climate change and biodiversity.
There is already widespread change in the natural calendars (phenology) of plants and animals, as well as change in some species distributions. Now threshold change (sudden, fundamental change) in ecosystems is beginning to be observed in nature. At minimum, the natural world will experience an equal amount of warming to that which has already taken place. This all suggests a future with nature and ecosystems very much in flux with profound implications for epidemiology.
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The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, Washington, DC 20006, United States of America.
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D002980:Climate; D017753:Ecosystem; D005544:Forecasting; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013045:Species Specificity