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Scientists Say A 6°C Warmer-Than-Today Arctic Is 'Optimal' For Thermophile Species

Scientists Say A 6°C Warmer-Than-Today Arctic Is ‘Optimal’ For Thermophile Species

Back in the Early Holocene, when CO2 levels were said to be ~255 ppm, Arctic Svalbard was warm enough to accommodate abundant numbers of thermophiles, or warmth-demanding species. Only “remnants” of these species and their habitat exist in today’s much-colder Arctic. With the exception of a few centuries in recent millennia, today’s Svalbard (Arctic) is […]

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