Biodiversity a crucial climate change buffer for ecosystem and cultural diversity
Submitted by takver on Wed, 18/01/2012 - 2:03pmA new multi-author scientific study says that preservation of plant biodiversity provides a crucial buffer to negative effects of climate change and desertification in drylands. Preventing ecosystem degredation in a warming world is significant with drylands particularly vulnerable to environmental changes and desertification. Dryland ecosystems cover 41% of the land surface of the Earth and support 38% of the human population.
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