Species may appear deceptively resilient to climate change.
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Nature itself can be the best
defense against climate
change for many species -- at
least in the short term --
according to a study
published in the journal
Ecology Letters from the
University of California,
Davis.
The study found that natural
habitats play a vital role in
helping other plants and
animals resist heat stresses
ramping up with climate
change -- at least until the
species they depend on to
form those habitats become
imperiled.
This suggests a
need to re-evaluate climate
change predictions for many
species, including predictions
that species in the south will
move north with global
warming.
The work focused on the
rocky shoreline stretching
from California's Channel
Islands to Washington's
Olympic
National Park, where low
tides expose marine species
to intense heat.
It also has
implications for habitats like
grasslands and rainforests,
which support millions of
smaller species.
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