INFOGRAPHIC 23.6 RISING TEMPERATURES MEAN WIDESPREAD ECOSYSTEM CHANGE
Climate change is having dramatic impacts on entire ecosystems. The Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count has shown that 58% of 305 bird species studied have shifted their winter ranges significantly northward, and that this shift correlates with increasing temperature. This has implications for insect control, leaving forests vulnerable to fire when insects are not eaten by birds.
Climate change is having dramatic impacts on entire ecosystems. The Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count has shown that 58% of 305 bird species studied have shifted their winter ranges significantly northward, and that this shift correlates with increasing temperature. This has implications for insect control, leaving forests vulnerable to fire when insects are not eaten by birds.
SOURCES: Autubon Society; NOAA.