Report on the observed climate, projected climate, and projected biodiversity changes for Kluane National Park and Reserve of Canada under differing levels of warming ...

• Main Authors: Price, Jeff, Forstenhäusler, Nicole, Graham, Erin, Osborn, Timothy J., Warren, Rachel
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2024
• Subjects: Kluane National Park
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12751619; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12751619

Kluane National Park is among the top 7% of all non-marine protected areas, globally. The higher elevations of the park are projected to be resilient to climate change, even at 4°C. However, lower areas of the park, along waterways, are projected to require increasing levels of adaptation effort as warming levels exceed 2°C. Averaged over the entire area of this park, with 4°C warming (global, above pre-industrial), the area is projected to remain climatically suitable for 79% of its terrestrial biodiversity (fungi, plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates), with 61.2% of its area remaining an overall refugia (remaining climatically suitable for >75% of the species) for biodiversity. If warming levels were held to 2°C, 85% of the area would remain a climatic refugia and the area would remain climatically suitable for 91% of its terrestrial biodiversity. Between 1961-1990 and 1991-2020 the average monthly temperature has increased by 0.3° - 2.5°C (December). With warming levels of 2.0°C the new average ...