{"id":29102,"date":"2023-01-23T10:58:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T10:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=29102"},"modified":"2023-01-23T10:58:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T10:58:38","slug":"researchers-discover-new-method-assess-responses-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/researchers-discover-new-method-assess-responses-climate-change\/29102\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers discover new method to assess responses to climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"
Researchers have found that museum collections can be used as a tool for assessing how species will be affected by climate change.<\/h2>\n
Scientists have long known that climate affects life on Earth, with major changes in climate making a significant difference. Not all species thrive everywhere on the planet, with climate change impacting a variety of factors.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe climate affects the life cycle of species, the number of individuals of a species, the overall number of species, and the composition and distribution of species in an area,\u201d said James D M Speed, a professor \u200b\u200bin the Department of Natural History at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s (NTNU) University Museum.<\/p>\n
However, it is difficult to estimate how small or large a change in temperate is needed to impact any of these factors. This also varies a lot from species to species, with certain species being able to thrive over a large and varied area, while others only thrive in very limited areas.<\/p>\n
Because of this, a team of researchers discovered a helpful method to check how species in a specific area are responding to climate change \u2013 analysing museum collections.<\/p>\n