Evolutionary response to rapid climate change: recent, rapid climate change is driving evolution, as organisms adapt to altered seasonal events rather than to the direct effects of increasing temperature.(CLIMATE CHANGE)Bradshaw, William EHolzapfel, Christina M...
Natural populations are responding to global climate change by shifting their geographical distribution and the timing of their growth and reproduction, but for many species, such responses are likely to be inadequate to counter the speed and magnitude o
While some scholars have dismissed the YD as a driver of megafauna extinctions, arguing that conditions were no more severe than earlier cold periods through which North American megafauna survived (e.g., the Last Glacial Maximum [LGM])1, there is evidence to suggest that the YD involved a ...
"Our results look a lot like a map of biodiversity," Professor Bromham said. "You could overlay a map of language diversity and a map of biodiversity and they'd show some very similar patterns. "For example, there's more diversity around the equator, and less as you go towards the pole...
Although this is an important advancement, this approach currently does not include other evolutionary processes—such as gene flow, population dispersal and genomic load—that are critical for predicting the fate of species across the landscape. Here, we briefly review the current practices for the ...
of these as well as of much smaller forms was affected in part by three factors: (1) a generally cooler, more arid climate subject to periodic fluctuations, (2) new migration routes resulting largely from the emergence of intercontinental connections during times of lowersea level, and (3) ...
The three processes are related to agriculture and, as such, to both food safety and food security, and ultimately to human health. Adaptation to climate change is a difficult breeding objective because of its complexity, its unpredictability, and its location specificity. However, one strategy ...
Nearly all of the marine biosphere has been degraded. Now Modern man has set his sights on wringing the last dollar of profit from the already dying oceans in what is being heralded as the “Blue Acceleration”, a not-so-clever play of words on the Great Acceleration referring to the ...
Climate action in cities is increasingly recognized as of strategic importance to accomplish the global governance of climate change. In Europe, cities are adopting a “mission approach” to accelerate urban transformations and reach climate neutrality targets by 2030. While the “Mission” unfolds, it...
Evolutionary adaptation can be rapid and potentially help species counter stressful conditions or realize ecological opportunities arising from climate change. The challenges are to understand when evolution will occur and to identify potential evolutionary winners as well as losers, such as species lacking...