{"id":5723,"date":"2017-07-13T11:29:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T15:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=5723"},"modified":"2017-07-13T11:29:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T15:29:56","slug":"a-rare-look-at-the-potential-effects-of-climate-change-on-terrestrial-species-in-antarctica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/a-rare-look-at-the-potential-effects-of-climate-change-on-terrestrial-species-in-antarctica\/","title":{"rendered":"A rare look at the potential effects of climate change on terrestrial species in Antarctica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ad\u00e9lie penguin at Lovill Bluff Colony, Mt Siple, West Antarctica. (Image by Jasmine Lee\/Australian Antarctic Division)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Much research has been dedicated to studying the effects of climate change and global warming on the Antarctic ice sheet and sea levels; but the same can’t be said about the ice-free parts of the region, which cover less than 1% of the continent. Researchers modelled the potential effect of climate change under two Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change climate-forcing scenarios. Their findings suggest that under the more radical of the two scenarios, the ice-free areas in the Antarctic can expand by as much as 25% by the end of the 21st century. Such a drastic increase in surface area can bring about a homogenization of the biome, the extinction of less-competitive species and the spread of invasive species. Though the expansion of habitat space can be viewed as a positive outcome, researchers say that sticking to the protocol that aims to reduce global temperature increases will help maintain the current biodiversity in the terrestrial Antarctic regions.<\/p>\n

Authors:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jasmine R. Lee, Ben Raymond, Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Iadine Chad\u00e8s, Richard A. Fuller, Justine D. Shaw & Aleks Terauds<\/p>\n

Corresponding author:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jasmine Lee, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, contact via: Australian Antarctic Division\u00a0Media<\/span>\u00a0Office, E-mail:\u00a0media<\/span>@aad.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n

Original paper<\/a> published in Nature<\/em> on June 28, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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