Judging the effects of climate change on extinction may be
easier than previously thought, according to a paper published today in the
journal Nature Climate Change.
Although widely used assessments of threatened species, such
as the IUCN Red List, were not developed with the effects of climate change in
mind, a study of 36 amphibian and reptile species endemic to the US has
concluded that climate change may not be fundamentally different from other
extinction threats in terms of identifying species in danger of extinction.