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HOME » Using data » Climate change
Climate change
Global climates warmed by approximately 0.5ºC during the 20th Century, and are predicted to continue warming by up to 5.8ºC this century (see the IPCC website for further information) .
Paleoecological studies suggest that many taxa, including insects and plants, should be expected to shift their distributions to keep track of these changes, rather than adapt or go extinct.
A range of studies have already shown butterflies and other taxa to be expanding their distributions that are consistent with a climate explanation at global, European and British scales.
