Animals and plants also agree — in that they are moving their ranges by latitude and altitude to
find climate niches similar to the ones in which they evolved.
Not exact matches
One positive
finding of the ecological
niche modelling study is that while the ranges of many species are expected to contract, much of the remaining suitable habitat for many species will be located within existing protected areas, and that the recent creation of new reserves such as Itombwe and Kabobo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have greatly increased the protection of some species under threat by future
climate change.
They
found that by 2040 the
climate niche the species grow in would decline anywhere between a minimum of 17 % and a maximum of 100 %.
Even in the absence of such attacks, it is often difficult to
find resources, support, or even a
niche for teaching
climate change within the educational system.