Tropical Content / Tropical Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Climate Change and Habitat Conversion Combine to Homogenize Nature /news/climate-change-and-habitat-conversion-combine-homogenize-nature <p>Climate change and habitat conversion to agriculture are working together to homogenize nature, indicates a study in the journal <em>Global Change Biology</em> led by the University of California, Davis.</p> <p>In other words, the more things change, the more they are the same.</p> <p>While the individual impacts of <a href="http://climatechange.ucdavis.edu/news/climate-change-habitat-conversion-homogenize-nature/">climate change</a> and habitat conversion on wildlife are well-recognized, little is known about how species respond to both stressors at once.</p> August 18, 2017 - 3:51pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/climate-change-and-habitat-conversion-combine-homogenize-nature What the Ancient CO2 Record May Mean for Future Climate Change /news/what-ancient-co2-record-may-indicate-future-climate-change <p>The last time Earth experienced both ice sheets and carbon dioxide levels within the range predicted for this century was a period of major sea level rise, melting ice sheets and upheaval of tropical forests.</p> <p>The repeated restructuring of tropical forests at the time played a major role in driving climate cycles between cooler and warmer periods, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis and published today in the journal <em>Nature Geoscience</em>.</p> October 24, 2016 - 11:08am Katherine E Kerlin /news/what-ancient-co2-record-may-indicate-future-climate-change