Global Warming Increases the Risk of Ectotherm Heat Failure
Climate models predict that the maximum temperature will increase by almost 3°C towards 2100 on land and on average slightly more than 1°C in aquatic environments. Much larger changes may occur regionally.Global warming may have dire repercussions for ectotherms (cold-blooded animals) on land and in water all across the world. According to recent research, the incidence of heat injury among ectotherms doubles for every degree the temperature rises.It might seem obvious that ectothermic animals are severely impacted by…