Two thirds of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in tropical forests are experiencing new temperature conditions as our climate changes, research shows.
Two thirds of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in tropical forests are experiencing new temperature conditions as our climate changes, research shows.
KBAs identify the most important places on Earth for species and their habitats.
The new study – by Exeter, Manchester Metropolitan and Cambridge universities – assessed 30 years of temperature conditions below the forest canopy in KBAs in tropical forests worldwide.
It found that 66% of KBAs in tropical forests have recently transitioned to new “temperature regimes” (more than 40% of temperature measurements being outside the range previously recorded there).
Read more at University of Exeter
Image: The threatened Mt. Kilimanjaro Colobus (Colobus caudatus) is only found in Highland Forests on the Tanzania-Kenya border straddling two Key Biodiversity Areas (Credit: Alexander Lees)
