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Evaluation of animal and plant diversity suggests Greenland’s thaw hastens the biodiversity crisis

Authors :
Carolina Ureta
Santiago Ramírez-Barahona
Óscar Calderón-Bustamante
Pedro Cruz-Santiago
Carlos Gay-García
Didier Swingedouw
Dimitri Defrance
Angela P. Cuervo-Robayo
Source :
Communications Biology, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

The analysis of over 20,000 species of tetrapods and vascular plants in different countries, suggests that melting of Greenland’s ice sheets would lead to a faster collapse of global biodiversity.

Subjects

Subjects :
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23993642
Volume :
5
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Communications Biology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.95d1e58ac2564ab1be4e7d4943afbc7a
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03943-3