Flickering sky islands generate andean biodiversity

A new video shows how climate change connected and disconnected Andean “sky islands” during the past million years. The innovative mathematical model used to make the video was based on fossil pollen records and shows how the entire páramo habitat shifted. The model can predict climate change effects in mountainous regions around the world, according to an international team of scientists including authors from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama (STRI).


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Source: Phys.org