Link between Biodiversity and Climate change
Climate change is affecting species already threatened by multiple threats across the globe. Habitat fragmentation due to colonization, logging, agriculture and mining etc.are all contributing to further destruction of terrestrial habitats.
Individual species may not be able to adapt. Species most threatened by climate change have small ranges, low population densities, restricted habitat requirements and patchy distribution.
Ecosystems will generally shift northward or upward in altitude, but in some cases they
will run out of space - as 1°C change in temperature correspond to a 100 Km change in
latitude, hence, average shift in habitat conditions by the year 2100 will be on the order of 140 to 580 Km.