Researcher: Science must protect key species from climate change-driven extinction

Mark Urban and other researchers say climate change could wipe out one-sixth of Earth’s species that won’t be able to adapt to the warming planet.
Mark Urban shown under a sheet of auefis in Alaska. These ice sheets form over Arctic underground springs but have become less prevalent with global warming. (Photo courtesy of Mark Urban)
“Some species will be just fine – in fact, will do better in a changed climate,” Urban said. “But then there are the others that