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Trees:
1. 2060 climate set to kill most trees
2. forests 'as we know them' will die
3. Europe: 42% face extinction today
4. trees cannot migrate fast enough
5. mass forest die-offs will expand
6. forest ecosystems now on brink
It's time to start making some noise about it.
1. 2060 climate set to kill most trees
2. forests 'as we know them' will die
3. Europe: 42% face extinction today
4. trees cannot migrate fast enough
5. mass forest die-offs will expand
6. forest ecosystems now on brink
It's time to start making some noise about it.
1.
'some recent research suggests that, in 40 years, none of the trees alive today will be able to survive the projected climate'
Without rapid cuts to emissions (or even with?) 4C by 2060 is entirely plausible. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24042020/forest-trees-climate-change-deforestation?amp&__twitter_impression=true
'some recent research suggests that, in 40 years, none of the trees alive today will be able to survive the projected climate'
Without rapid cuts to emissions (or even with?) 4C by 2060 is entirely plausible. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24042020/forest-trees-climate-change-deforestation?amp&__twitter_impression=true
2.
"It's likely the forests won't be coming back as we know them." https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08012020/australia-wildfires-forest-tipping-points-climate-change-impact-wildlife-survival
"It's likely the forests won't be coming back as we know them." https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08012020/australia-wildfires-forest-tipping-points-climate-change-impact-wildlife-survival
3.
European Trees:
'a disturbingly high level of extinction risk'.
42% threatened with extinction (assessed as Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered).
Among endemic trees - those that don't exist anywhere else on Earth - 58% are threatened. https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/science-environment-49838650?__twitter_impression=true
European Trees:
'a disturbingly high level of extinction risk'.
42% threatened with extinction (assessed as Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered).
Among endemic trees - those that don't exist anywhere else on Earth - 58% are threatened. https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/science-environment-49838650?__twitter_impression=true
4.
'warming temperatures will likely require forests to shift by 400 to 600 km (about 250 to 370 miles) by 2100, a rate faster than most species can tolerate.'
https://www.massaudubon.org/our-conservation-work/climate-change/effects-of-climate-change/on-natural-habitats/forests
'warming temperatures will likely require forests to shift by 400 to 600 km (about 250 to 370 miles) by 2100, a rate faster than most species can tolerate.'
https://www.massaudubon.org/our-conservation-work/climate-change/effects-of-climate-change/on-natural-habitats/forests
5.
"high confidence that we're going to have a lot of impacts with hotter droughts in the future" (a 'lethal' trend).
Mass forest die-offs will proliferate and expand.
'despite the grim outlook, it's important not to paint an entirely desperate picture' https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24042020/forest-trees-climate-change-deforestation?amp&__twitter_impression=true
"high confidence that we're going to have a lot of impacts with hotter droughts in the future" (a 'lethal' trend).
Mass forest die-offs will proliferate and expand.
'despite the grim outlook, it's important not to paint an entirely desperate picture' https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24042020/forest-trees-climate-change-deforestation?amp&__twitter_impression=true
6a.
Tropical forests appear set for collapse between now and the 2040s when rapid Arctic sea ice loss and extreme heat waves are taken into account: https://www.carbonbrief.org/deep-emissions-cuts-this-decade-could-prevent-abrupt-ecological-collapse
Tropical forests appear set for collapse between now and the 2040s when rapid Arctic sea ice loss and extreme heat waves are taken into account: https://www.carbonbrief.org/deep-emissions-cuts-this-decade-could-prevent-abrupt-ecological-collapse
6b.
The tipping point is here:
'It is urgent, the scientists say, that Brazil move away from unsustainable agribusiness monocultures of cattle, soy, and sugarcane, while launching a major reforestation project on already degraded lands' https://news.mongabay.com/2019/12/the-tipping-point-is-here-it-is-now-top-amazon-scientists-warn/
The tipping point is here:
'It is urgent, the scientists say, that Brazil move away from unsustainable agribusiness monocultures of cattle, soy, and sugarcane, while launching a major reforestation project on already degraded lands' https://news.mongabay.com/2019/12/the-tipping-point-is-here-it-is-now-top-amazon-scientists-warn/
Forests could also perish on a global scale.
"...that is pretty catastrophic," he said. "We're at a point where we can see the process, we can predict it. It's time to start making some noise about it. We can't afford to sit on our hands." https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24042020/forest-trees-climate-change-deforestation?amp&__twitter_impression=true
"...that is pretty catastrophic," he said. "We're at a point where we can see the process, we can predict it. It's time to start making some noise about it. We can't afford to sit on our hands." https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24042020/forest-trees-climate-change-deforestation?amp&__twitter_impression=true
