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IMAGE: The fossil remains of extinct creatures (here: bryozoans and fragments of crinoids) were the basis for studies on the interaction of long- and short-term temperature changes in the course of. view more
Credit: Photo: Axel Munnecke.
Changes in climate that occur over short periods of time influence biodiversity. For a realistic assessment of these effects, it is necessary to also consider previous temperature trends going far back into Earth s history. Researchers from the University of Bayreuth and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg show this in a paper for
Nature Ecology and Evolution. According to the paper, future climate-related species extinction could be less severe than predictions based only on the current trend of global warming. However, the researchers do not give the all-clear. At present, the effects of climate change are being exacerbated by human intervention.