Keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees C helps most species hold their ground

Just a half-degree beyond that would at least double the range loss for plants and animals

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BUG LOSS  Insects, including honeybees (shown), would see their geographic ranges shrink the most under higher future warming scenarios.

Joseph Berger/Bugwood.org (CC BY 3.0 US)

Limiting global warming this century to just 1.5