What can humans do to protect other species and ecosystems from the impacts of climate change?
The main thing would be to reduce the pressure that is already on these species and ecosystems. If we take a coral reef, for example, you would try to take the pressure off that reef. You would stop fishermen from dragging their nets, stop tourists from going there, remove the agricultural runoff – soil, toxics, and pesticides coming in there. But it would still suffer from climatic impacts. But for many species, it will be very difficult to adapt, because if they move out of their original environment, they won’t find the other plants and flora that they depend on. If you think of a piece of woodland and you take 50 percent of all species out, many others will perish too, because they are interdependent on each other. Mostly the species that are not dependent will be able to adapt. Many varieties of plants, birds, insects and all wildlife will not be able to adapt in their current situation. Is there a limit to adaptation? How much global warming can we tolerate? Take the worst scenar
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