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

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)
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