56 million years ago, Earth underwent rapid global warming. Here’s what it did to pollinators
- Written by Vera Korasidis, Lecturer in Environmental Geoscience, The University of Melbourne
Pollinators play a vital role in fertilising flowers, which grow into seeds and fruits and underpin our agriculture. But climate change can cause a mismatch between plants and their pollinators, affecting where they live and what time of year they’re active. This has happened before.
When Earth went through rapid global warming 56 million...
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