Climate change: baobabs are also under threat
Channel: CIRAD
Date: 2021-09-21

According to a new study, three species of baobabs found in Madagascar could die out by 2100. The reason is climate change, which has caused increased variations in temperature over the course of a year. That increase, which is predicted to concern the entire tropical zone, could put many tropical species at risk of extinction. These results were published recently in Global Change Biology by a team of researchers from CIRAD, the University of Picardy (France), FOFIFA (Madagascar) and the University of Santa Catarina (Brazil).


Photos: C. Cornu et G. Vieilledent

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