Introduction to Novel Climates

6 clearly shows that emissions compatible with the Paris Agreement result in far less cropped land experiencing novel climates.

Results predicted the emergence of novel climates associated with similar barometric configurations to current conditions but with higher temperatures (i.

On warm range margins, isolation among populations could maintain high genetic variation that facilitates evolution to novel climates and allows species to persist longer than expected without evolution.

Non-native insects often experience novel climates, photoperiods, and host plants.

Both the Cape York Peninsula and Northern Territory are also likely to be vulnerable, however, extrapolation to novel climates in these areas decrease confidence in model projections.

By 2050, 31 NPAs that provide habitat to 22,866 recorded species are predicted to lose 100% of their baseline climatic space, shifting to completely novel climates.

In addition, global climate change often leads to novel shifts in plant communities which are difficult to anticipate with detailed models based on current system dynamics, which are often greatly altered under novel climates.

Microbial communities will experience novel climates in the future.

Climatic conditions in the Anthropocene will be pushing forest systems across biomes into novel climates very rapidly and with current knowledge it is difficult to predict how forests will react in the immediate term, which is the most relevant timeframe for global efforts to reduce carbon emissions.