Nov - InViv0 N°16 - Modéliser la distribution des espèces en montagne pour mesurer l'impact du réchauffement climatique
L'avantage des montagnes, c'est qu'elles permettent de mesurer localement des phénomènes applicables au monde entier. En effet, les variations que l'on observe en montant en altitude sont les mêmes que celles que l'on constate en se dirigeant vers les pôles. D'où l'intérêt de développer des outils capables de modéliser la distribution des espèces. Professeur à la Faculté de biologie et de médecine, ainsi qu’à celle des géosciences et de l’environnement de l’Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Antoine Guisan travaille sur ce sujet depuis plusieurs années, notamment à travers la plateforme interdisciplinaire RechAlp. Celle-ci souhaite encourager la recherche et la collecte de données en sciences naturelles et humaines dans la région des Alpes vaudoises. pdf
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Feb 6 - Nature Today - Mammals and birds could have best shot at surviving climate change
Mammals and birds, warm-blooded animals, may survive rapid climate change. But it could be tougher for cold-blooded reptiles and amphibians, who could be too slow to adapt, according to new research. link
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Feb 3 - Mother Jones - Study: Mammals May Be Better Equipped to Adapt to Climate Change
The story of the tortoise and the hare teaches us that slow and steady wins the race. But when it comes to adapting to changing environmental conditions, Aesop (the ancient Greek storyteller credited with the fable) isn’t quite on the money. A study released last week shows that mammals and birds are faster to adapt and better equipped to deal with changes in temperatures than reptiles and amphibians. link
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Jan 30 - Scientific American - Warming Threatens Reptiles More Than Birds and Mammals
Over planetary history, warm-blood animals have outperformed cold-blooded animals in adapting to changing temperatures. link
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Jan 29 - France24 - Mammals more likely to survive climate change: study
An analysis of how nearly 11,5000 species fared over 270 million years of hot-and-cold fluctuations showed that warm-blooded creatures cope better with change than reptiles and amphibians, a team reported in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. link
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Jan 29 - Nature Ecology & Evolution, News & Views by Algar & Tarr - Fossils, phylogenies and the evolving climate niche
A dataset that links geographical occurrences, phylogenies, fossils and climate reconstructions for more than 10,000 vertebrate species reveals accelerated rates of climate niche evolution in warm-blooded animals. link
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Jan 29 - Science Daily - Mammals and birds could have best shot at surviving climate change
New research that analyzed more than 270 million years of data on animals shows that mammals and birds -- both warm-blooded animals - may have a better chance of evolving and adapting to the Earth's rapidly changing climate than their cold-blooded peers, reptiles and amphibians. link
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Jan 29 - Boston Globe - Mammals, birds could beat reptiles and amphibians in race to survive, study suggests
Mammals and birds, warm-blooded animals, may survive rapid climate change. But it could be tougher for cold-blooded reptiles and amphibians, who could be too slow to adapt, according to new research. link
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