Sarah Weiskopf U.S. Geological Survey National Climate Adaptation Science Center An overview of climate change impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity
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Sarah WeiskopfU.S. Geological Survey
National Climate Adaptation Science Center
An overview of climate change impacts on
ecosystems and biodiversity
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
https://www.usgs.gov/ecosystems/climate-adaptation-science-centers
Biodiversity is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history
Climate change impacts
ecosystems at multiple
scales
Weiskopf et al. 2020
Changes to Behavior
Changes to Morphology
Phenology
Changes to growing seasons
Lipton et al. 2018
Range shifts
Lenoir et al. 2020
Range shifts
Lenoir et al. 2020
Joachim S. Müller
Invasive species
Grieve et al 2016,
Species may not be keeping pace with climate change
Waples and Audzijonyte 2016
Extreme events
Matthew Abbott The New York Times
Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem Services
“The mutual reinforcing of climate change and biodiversity loss means that satisfactorily resolving either issue requires consideration of the other”
IPBES-IPCC Workshop Report, 2021
Actions that consider climate mitigation only can be harmful for biodiversity
Some actions can benefit biodiversity and contribute to climate mitigation
• Climate change will increasingly impact biodiversity and ecosystems
• These changes in ecosystems will have implications for services to people and human well-being
• Addressing climate change and biodiversity loss together will be more effective
Conclusions
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