Alpine plants, fragile and adapted to live in a limited ecosystem, may be the canary in the coal mine of climate change. Alpine plants face a number of threats: Recreation (trampling and disturbance ...

Rising temperatures in Antarctica have seen two species of plants grow quicker, in a ten year period, because of climate change, according to an article published in Current Biology under the ...

Climate change harms marine species in lots of other ways. Warmer water temperatures have been shown to slow the growth of phytoplankton — the microscopic plant counterpart to zooplankton — imperiling ...

Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of natural sciences Clare Brown studies the herbarium sheets Hundreds of thousands of "antique" plants and ... of how climate change and local biodiversity ...

As the climate shifts, plants and animals ... to consider germination timing when forecasting how plant communities might adapt or change in the future. This research is part of an ongoing effort ...

Extreme heat and other effects of rising greenhouse gas emissions are more harmful to women, gender-diverse people, and Black, Indigenous and people of color. Climate change is worsening a wide range ...

Transitioning to a plant-based diet is crucial for mitigating climate change, as animal agriculture significantly contributes to global greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and freshwater use.

There, they get more light, giving the plants a better shot at survival. But the fragile shoots will still have to contend with pollution and climate change once transplanted, Long said.