Tackling climate change with machine learning

D Rolnick, PL Donti, LH Kaack, K Kochanski… - ACM Computing …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity, and we, as machine
learning (ML) experts, may wonder how we can help. Here we describe how ML can be a …

Climate change and interconnected risks to sustainable development in the Mediterranean

W Cramer, J Guiot, M Fader, J Garrabou… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Recent accelerated climate change has exacerbated existing environmental problems in the
Mediterranean Basin that are caused by the combination of changes in land use, increasing …

Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic

DM Bergstrom, BC Wienecke… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, collapse of ecosystems—potentially irreversible change to ecosystem structure,
composition and function—imperils biodiversity, human health and well‐being. We examine …

Climate-related local extinctions are already widespread among plant and animal species

JJ Wiens - PLoS biology, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Current climate change may be a major threat to global biodiversity, but the extent of species
loss will depend on the details of how species respond to changing climates. For example, if …

ΔTrait SDMs: species distribution models that account for local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity

M Benito Garzón, TM Robson, A Hampe - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Improving our understanding of species ranges under rapid climate change requires
application of our knowledge of the tolerance and adaptive capacity of populations to …

Wildfire danger prediction and understanding with deep learning

S Kondylatos, I Prapas, M Ronco… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change exacerbates the occurence of extreme droughts and heatwaves, increasing
the frequency and intensity of large wildfires across the globe. Forecasting wildfire danger …

Refugia: identifying and understanding safe havens for biodiversity under climate change

G Keppel, KP Van Niel… - Global ecology and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Identifying and protecting refugia is a priority for conservation under projected
anthropogenic climate change, because of their demonstrated ability to facilitate the survival …

Endemism hotspots are linked to stable climatic refugia

S Harrison, R Noss - Annals of botany, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Centres of endemism have received much attention from evolutionists,
biogeographers, ecologists and conservationists. Climatic stability is often cited as a major …

Biodiversity, climate change, and adaptation in the Mediterranean

D Aurelle, S Thomas, C Albert, M Bally, A Bondeau… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Potential for, and limits to, adaptation to environmental changes are critical for resilience and
risk mitigation. The Mediterranean basin is a mosaic of biodiversity‐rich ecosystems long …

The geography of climate change: implications for conservation biogeography

DD Ackerly, SR Loarie, WK Cornwell… - Diversity and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Climate change poses significant threats to biodiversity, including impacts on species
distributions, abundance and ecological interactions. At a landscape scale, these impacts …