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Insects in the tropics are already near their heat limits – climate change could push many beyond survival

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par Kim Holzmann, Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Würzburg, at the Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg

Insects make up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and most of them can be found in the tropics, the regions around the equator. Yet we still know surprisingly little about how these species will cope with rising temperatures driven by climate change.

I am an animal ecologist, studying how organisms respond to climate change. My research aims to provide…

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