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Island biodiversity in danger of total submersion with climate change
2013-11-14 02:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Sea level rise caused by global warming can prove extremely destructive to island habitats, which hold about 20% of the world's biodiversity. Research by C. Bellard, C. Leclerc and F. Courchamp of the University of Paris Sud look at 3 possible scenarios, from optimistic to very pessimistic, to bring attention to the dangers in store for some of the richest biodiversity hotspots worldwide. The study was published in the open access journal Nature Conservation. Despite climate change having received...
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Carbon storage recovers faster than plant biodiversity in re-growing tropical forests
2013-11-07 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new study of re-growing tropical forests has concluded that plant biodiversity takes longer to recover than carbon storage following major disturbances such as clearance for farming. The findings, published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, have important implications for conservation since there are now many re-growing forests in South and Central America. The new study is the first large-scale analysis of the recovery of both plant biodiversity and carbon pools...
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Disturbed Tropical Forests Store Carbon But Are Slow to Regain Plant Biodiversity, Study Says
2013-11-06 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: In tropical forests that are regrowing after major disturbances, the ability to store carbon recovers more quickly than plant biodiversity, researchers from the U.K. have found. However, even after 80 years, recovering forests store less carbon than old-growth forests, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. This is likely because regenerating forests are often dominated by small, fast-growing trees and it may take centuries for larger trees, which hold more carbon,...
Biodiversity hotspots more likely to have greater ecosystem co-benefits study
2013-11-04 11:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CIFOR: Areas that are hotspots of biodiversity can carry higher value for other important ecosystem services, including carbon storage, water conservation and scenic beauty, according to a new study from Costa Rica. In areas that provide high carbon storage, however, benefits from the other services are slightly lower. That means land-use planners can reap maximum benefits from various environmental services if they emphasize protection of areas of high biodiversity, said Bruno Locatelli, lead author...
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Declining Corals May Drastically Affect Crustacean Biodiversity
2013-09-24 01:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: With many scientists expecting climate change to have a devastating effect on the worlds coral reefs over the coming century, new research from the University of Florida indicates that crustacean populations living near rapidly declining reef habitats could be at risk. Appearing in the November issue of the journal Geology, the new study is based on an analysis of the fossil record surrounding decapod crustaceans, a group that includes shrimp, crab and lobster. We estimate that earths decapod...
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