Disappearing Plants

Video on Jul 28, 2008 by KQED QUEST staff
Topics: Biology, Climate, Environment, Radio
Science Education Collections: HS Biology

Scientists say the state's plants are at risk of collapse unless they migrate or are moved to refuges. According to a new study, two-thirds of California's unique plants, some 2,300 species that grow nowhere else in the world, could be wiped out across much of their current geographic ranges by the end of the century because of rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns.

Additional Links

• LA Times: article on Ackerly's plant study
• Jasper Ridge
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, The Grinnell Resurvey
• Reporter's Notes: Disappearing Plants

• Educator Guides

  • Climate Change and Organisms