How Hope and Doubt Affect Climate Change Mobilization

Faith, Hope and Doubt

How Will Climate Change Affect Plants and Animals in Washington?

Climate change is expected to cause significant changes in plant and animal distributions and communities, and may threaten the some of the region’s iconic species. The timing of biological events, such as spring budburst and migration, will shift for many species. Sea level rise is projected to displace coastal habitats and the species that depend on them. Ocean acidification will negatively i...

How range shifts induced by climate change affect neutral evolution

We investigate neutral evolution during range shifts in a strategic model of a metapopulation occupying a climate gradient. Using heritable, neutral markers, we track the spatio-temporal fate of lineages. Owing to iterated founder effects ('mutation surfing'), survival of lineages derived from the leading range limit is enhanced. At trailing limits, where habitat suitability decreases, survival...

How do developments in the South affect climate change?

Despite the provisions of the UNFCCC some developed countries, the United States in particular, are insistent that their actions are contingent on ‘meaningful participation’ by developing countries. This paper explores the developments – social and economic – in the South that would influence GHG emissions and identifies those developments that are essential to a long-term solution of the clima...

How will global climate change affect parasite-host assemblages?

Parasites are integral components of the biosphere. Host switching correlated with events of episodic climate change is ubiquitous in evolutionary and ecological time. Global climate change produces ecological perturbations, which cause geographical and phenological shifts, and alteration in the dynamics of parasite transmission, increasing the potential for host switching. The intersection of ...