News Earth

Keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees C helps most species hold their ground

Just a half-degree beyond that would at least double the range loss for plants and animals

honeybee

BUG LOSS  Insects, including honeybees (shown), would see their geographic ranges shrink the most under higher future warming scenarios.

Joseph Berger/Bugwood.org (CC BY 3.0 US)

By Carolyn Gramling

- More than 2 years ago

Limiting global warming this century to just 1.5