Managing nature as Earth warms

摘要

Climate change is transforming the world as we know it. It disrupts biological clocks, pushes species to different latitudes and altitudes and shrinks biological diversity. It also challenges humanity to question its relationship with Earth; global warming is the antithesis of responsible stewardship. We look to science for guidance on how to turn back the hand of humankind, but it can provide only partial answers. Science is imperfect, unfeeling and slow compared with the steady rise of the global thermometer.