Plants in Mesoamerican cloud forests climb mountains to escape climate change
A study reveals that species have moved to higher altitudes, at an average rate of between 1.8 and 2.7 meters per year since 1979
Plants are also seeking to escape climate change. So much so that in the cloud forests of Mesoamerica, a place where the landscape is shrouded in mist, plant species have moved between 1.8 and 2.7 meters per year since 1979. The climate at the altitude where they had lived for decades was no longer suitable for them and, like any animal or human looking for a new refuge in the face of a disturbing change, plants have very slowly begun to climb the mountains.
