This New Map Shows the World’s Most Climate Vulnerable Regions

A new paper from scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society attempted to map out the world’s most vulnerable and least vulnerable areas in the face of climate change.  The researchers argue that most climate change assessments to date are incomplete as they fail to consider the way that landscapes have already been modified by human activities.  Their study uses two metrics:  1) how intact an ecosystem is, and 2) how stable the ecosystem is going to be under predictions of future climate change.

This New Map Shows the World’s Most Climate Vulnerable Regions