⛰️🌱Melting glaciers may threaten alpine plants 'Up to 22% of species studied on four #glaciers in the Italian Alps🇮🇹 would disappear from the area once the glaciers have gone' 🔍@Stanford @Uni_Insubria @GiBurrasca 📰@phoeb0 via @guardian theguardian.com/environment/…

Alpine plants face extinction as melting glaciers force them higher, warns study

‘Escalator to extinction’ means aggressive species will eventually take over, threatening the entire mountain ecosystem

theguardian.com

Feb 3, 2021 · 11:07 AM UTC

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Replying to @IPBES @GQuijandriaA @Stanford @Uni_Insubria @GiBurrasca @phoeb0 @guardian
This opens a debate about what should we do about it. Should we just wait, leave it to chance and see if they adapt? Should we relocate some of these species to the north? What about the species already living in these potential relocation areas?
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