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Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity

Author : David H. Reed

Published in: Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Biodiversity, the diversity of living things on Earth, is a critical measure of the Earth’s health. Biodiversity provides immense direct benefits to humans, with at least 40 % of the world’s economy being derived from biological resources. Maintaining biodiversity provides greater food security, opportunities for economic development, and provides a foundation for new pharmaceuticals and other medical advances. Ironically, maintaining biodiversity levels and functioning ecosystems is critical to ameliorating climate change; yet, climate change is expected to cause serious disruptions to Earth’s ecological systems, resulting in an overall loss of biodiversity and a reduction in the goods and services provided to humans. Extinction rates in the future are very difficult to predict. However, with immediate and decisive action to mitigate climate change, losses of biodiversity can be minimized and humans can continue to reap many of the benefits nature provides; business as usual scenarios will likely lead to the loss of >50 % of all plant and animal species on Earth and the collapse of many ecosystems worldwide. Such losses will drastically lower the quality of life for humans and will take millions of years to reverse.

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Title: Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity
Author: David H. Reed
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-14408-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-14409-2

Copyright Year: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14409-2_15