Global Tropical Forests Threatened by 2100

By 2100 only 18% to 45% of the plants and animals making up ecosystems in global, humid tropical forests may remain as we know them today, according to research led by Greg Asner at the Department of Global Ecology. It is the first study to combine effects from new deforestation and selective logging data with climate-change projections for all humid tropical forest ecosystems. The research will help conservationists pinpoint their activities more effectively.

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Science & Technology

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• ecology
• climate change
• deforestation