The warming waters cause strong changes in the distribution of marine biodiversity and threaten to extinguish tropical species with low adaptive capacity , reported on Monday a study in Australia.
A team of scientists investigating the possible impact of climate change on the distribution of 13,000 marine species found rapid warming waters cause many species to expand into new regions affecting native.
This study also found that species with a restricted range of coverage, especially around the tropics as those living in the Great Australian Barrier , may become extinct, says in a statement the Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies ARC of Australia.
“This study is particularly useful not only because it gives us the hope that species have the potential to find and keep climate change , but also cause us concern, particularly in the tropics, where biodiversity loss is predicted, “said John Pandolfi, one of its authors.
Professor Pandolfi, University of Queensland, said in a statement that the situation is particularly worrying in Australia, where further studies have warned of the high risks of extinction of tropical biota, which already have been degraded by humans and climate change.
Another of the authors, Elvira Poloczanska of the Organization for Scientific and Industrial Research of the Commonwealth of Australia (CSIRO) said that the Research shows “how ecological communities that are currently different will become more similar to others in many regions by the end of the century.”
Scientists believed that there is still time to prevent the extinction of species with measures to mitigate climate change through internationally coordinated actions, according to ARC Centre on this study published in the journal Nature.
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