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Climate change and extinction risk

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Arising from: C. D. Thomas et al. Nature 427, 145–148 (2004)); see also communication from Thuiller et al. and communication from Buckley & Roughgarden; Thomas et al. reply Thomas et al.1 have carried out a useful analysis of the extinction risk from climate warming. Their overall conclusion, that a large fraction of extant species could be driven to extinction by expected climate trends over the next 50 years, is compelling: it adds to the many other reasons why new energy policies are needed to reduce the pace of warming.

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  1. Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, California, USA

    John Harte & Annette Ostling

  2. School of Natural Sciences, University of California, PO Box 2039, Merced, 95344, California, USA

    Jessica L. Green

  3. Department of Biology, Arizona State University, PO Box 871501, Tempe, 85287-1501, Arizona, USA

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Harte, J., Ostling, A., Green, J. et al. Climate change and extinction risk. Nature 430, 34 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02718

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