A bee is seen on a flower in downtown Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. A study suggests climate change will drive a massive shift in the the birds, bugs and other critters that live alongside humans in 60 cities across North America. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The good news in the newly published paper is that under warming temperatures, cities with temperate climates like those in Canada could welcome new animals. By the end of the century, cities such as Ottawa and Edmonton could become hospitable for hundreds of new species while losing habitat for a couple dozen.Lead author Alessandro Filazzola of the University of Toronto's Centre for Urban Environments used massive data sets generated by citizen science programs to make the projections.
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