Human societies and a multitude of species are going to be tested by climate change in ways that are barely understood, a wide-ranging study involving researchers from 44 institutions around the world has found.
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| Malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases are spreading as temperatures warm. |
Species in every ecosystem are being affected by rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns, with marine animals moving poleward at the average pace of 72 kilometres and land-based ones 17 kilometres a decade, according to the paper published on Friday in the journal Science.
Read Peter Hannam’s story in the Melbourne Age - “‘Completely unlivable': Climate change pushing humans, other species to the brink.”
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