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lollroller t1_jaetn36 wrote

Reply to comment by beaucoupBothans in Are we past the tipping point for the insect population decline? by PHealthy

Yes, but in general, warming will not eliminate niches, but rather shift them about, and not overnight neither.

Regarding whether the tropics will become more bio diverse, didn’t insect diversity peak during the Cretaceous, when the Earth was considerably warmer? So I think it is reasonable to think that this might actually happen.

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beaucoupBothans t1_jaeuf9l wrote

Because it is not something that happens in the timescales we would need or want it to happen.

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PHealthy OP t1_jaev06x wrote

And that rapid climate warming doesn't result in tropics, it results in deserts.

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