Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Carl Skottsbergs gata 22B, 413 19, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Carl Skottsbergs gata 22B, 413 19, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Ambio. 2021 Jun;50(6):1145-1149. doi: 10.1007/s13280-020-01442-5. Epub 2021 Mar 1.
Climate change represents one of the most pressing societal and scientific challenges of our time. While much of the current research on climate change focuses on future prediction, some of the strongest signals of warming can already be seen in Arctic and alpine areas, where temperatures are rising faster than the global average, and in the oceans, where the combination of rising temperatures and acidification due to increased CO concentrations has had catastrophic consequences for sensitive marine organisms inhabiting coral reefs. The scientific papers highlighted as part of this anniversary issue represent some of the most impactful advances in our understanding of the consequences of anthropogenic climate change. Here, we reflect on the legacy of these papers from the biotic perspective.
气候变化是我们这个时代面临的最紧迫的社会和科学挑战之一。虽然当前关于气候变化的大部分研究都集中在未来预测上，但在已经可以看到一些变暖的最强信号，北极和高山地区的气温上升速度超过全球平均水平，海洋中，由于 CO2 浓度增加导致的温度上升和酸化已经对栖息在珊瑚礁中的敏感海洋生物造成了灾难性的后果。本周年特刊中重点介绍的科学论文代表了我们在理解人为气候变化后果方面最具影响力的进展之一。在这里，我们从生物多样性的角度反思这些论文的遗产。
