Climate-induced changes in ecosystems have been both modeled and documented extensively over the past 15-20 years. Those changes occur in the context of many other stresses and interacting factors, but it is clear that many, if not most, ecosystems are sensitive to changing climate.
Revised: October 5, 2009 |
Published: September 29, 2008
Citation
Janetos A.C. 2008.Where Will Ecosystems Go?. In Sudden and Disruptive Climate Change: Exploring the Real Risks and How we Can Avoid Them, edited by m MacCraken, F Moore and JC Topping Jr. 163-174. London:Earthscan Books.PNNL-SA-63175.