Biodiversity under threat in glacier-fed rivers
In many regions, climate change is reducing the glacial meltwater contribution to river flow, but the effect of these changes on specialized glacier-fed river communities is poorly quantified.
Now research demonstrates quantitatively not only the vulnerability of local biodiversity hotspots but also that the number of species lost is likely to be much higher than the few specialist species found only in glacier-fed rivers.
http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nclimate1435
Scotland first to map wild land
Using a method developed by the Wildland Research Institute (WRi) at the University of Leeds, a map was produced showing the relative wildness of all of Scotland's landscapes. Find out more
