Global warming threaten biodiversity in Canary Islands
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Global warming threaten biodiversity in Canary Islands
Global warming threaten biodiversity in Canary Islands José L. Martín Esquivel www.atlantic-island.eu Observatory for Sustainable Development Wallace Smith Broecker Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 In 1975 we were having a cooling. After that, that begun the current warming… Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 Sea surface temperature p ((SST)) Winter Summer 1,5 1 North Atlantic 20ºN 30ºN - Base period 1961-90 0,5 0 -0,5 -1 -1,5 Global warming is also noticeable in the ocean North Atlantic 10ºN 20ºN - Base period 1961-90 In the past, the SST was much colder than at present Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 The termocline of 24ºC does not reach the Canary Islands There is a gradient of temperature west-east due to a strong upwelling in the coast of Africa Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 2004 Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 Millepora Ramos AG, Martel A, Codd GA, Soler E, Coca J, Rdo A, Morrison LF, Metcalf JS, Ojeda A, Suarez S, Petit M (2005) Bloom of the marine diazotrophic cyanobacterium Trichodesmium erythraeum in the Northwest African upwelling. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 301: 303-305 Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 Ciguatera Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 2005 Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 2005 Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 CRYPTOGENIC SPECIES*: FISHES * Carlton 1996. Evolution 1993 Gnatholepis thompsoni In the last decades,, up to 30 tropical fishes has been cited b fi by first time i in i Canary Islands Chylomicterus spp Total of species Temperate species Tropical species 135 120 105 90 75 60 45 30 15 1985 1991 2002 2006 2008 Canthydermis suflfamen BRITO, A., J.M. FALCÓN & R. HERRERA (2005). Sobre la tropicalización reciente de la ictiofauna litoral de las islas Canarias y su relación con lo cambios ambientales y actividades antrópicas. Vieraea 33: 515-525 Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 CRYPTOGENIC SPECIES: BUTTERFLY Global warming brings butterfly invasions Danaus chrysippus Cacyreus marshalli Hypolimnas missipus (female) Hypolimnas missipus (male) Pérez-Arellano, J.L., O.P. Luzardo, A.P. Brito, M. Hernández, M. Zumbado, P. Carranza, A. Angel.Moreno, R.W. Dickey & L.D. Boada. 2005. Ciguatera Fish Poisoning, Canary Islands. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11(12): 1981-1082 Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 CRYPTOGENIC SPECIES: BIRDS Martinete común 2002 Avetorillo común - 1997 In the last decades,, up to 30 tropical birds has been cited b fi by first time i in i Canary Islands Garceta común - 1992 Cerceta pardilla 97 Tarro canelo - 1994 Boere, G.C. & D.A. Stroud. 2006. The flyway concept: what it is and what it isn’t. En G.C. Boere , C.A. Galbraith & D.A. Stroud (eds.) “Waterbirds around the world” . The Stationery Office, Edinburgh, UK: 40-47. Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 REFERENCE SERIE OF TEMPERATURE Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 REFERENCE SERIE OF TEMPERATURE Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 1921 1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 1921 1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 1941 1943 1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 REFERENCE SERIE OF TEMPERATURE 2 1 +0.3ºC 0 ‐1 PINATUBO 2‐ Homogenized by SNHT – Base period 1966-1995 Martin, Marrero (in prep) Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 REFERENCE SERIE OF TEMPERATURE Base period 1966-1995 22 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009 21,5 Maximum 21 20,5 20 19,5 19 18 5 18,5 18 17,5 Average 0.15ºC/decade Minimun 0.17ºC/decade 17 16,5 16 15,5 15 14,5 14 13,5 13 12,5 12 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009 Martin, Marrero (in prep) Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 Forest fires ALMOST 93% OF THE FOREST FIRES IN CANARY OCCURS IN SITUATIONS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES, WITH INVASION OF SAHARAN AIR THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF HEAT WAVES HAS GONE FROM ONE TO FOUR SINCE DE NINETIES, THE WAVES OF HEAT IN WINTER AND AUTUMN INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY Fire mapper 2000-2010 http://firefly.geog.umd.edu/firemap/ Sanz, R., C. Cardós & E. Narrera. 2008. Heat waves in the Canaryy Islands. Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 Winter Jet Stream + Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 NAO Index (dec-mar 1854-2010) NAO Index Base period 1864-1983 Movil average factor 20 The NAO index went from being negative to positive in the begining of seventies 6 4 2 0 ‐2 2008 2005 2002 1999 1996 1993 1990 1987 1984 1981 1978 1975 1972 1969 1966 1963 1960 1957 1954 1951 1948 1945 1942 1939 1936 1933 1930 1927 1924 1921 1918 1915 1912 1909 1906 1903 1900 1897 1894 1891 1888 1885 1882 1879 1876 1873 1870 1867 ‐6 1864 ‐4 http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/jhurrell/nao.stat.winter.html Dic-Marzo 60’ 60 70’ 70 90’ 90 80’ 80 Dic Marzo Dic Dic-Marzo Marzo2000 60’ 60 Di M Dic-Marzo M 50’ Dic-Marzo Di Alonso-Pérez, S., E. Cuevas, C. Pérez, X. Querol, J. M. Baldasano, 2009. Positive trends of African airmass intrusions over the Subtropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean in winter driven by the Azores high shift. 3th Workshop on Mineral Dust, September 15-17, Leipzig, Germany. Hurrell, J. W., and C. Deser, 2009: North Atlantic climate variability: The role of the North Atlantic Oscillation. J. Mar. Syst., 78, No. 1, 28-41, DOI:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.11.026. [Complete Article (.html)] [Complete Special Issue (.html)] [Complete Article (.pdf)] see page: http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/jhurrell/nao.stat.winter.html Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 VERTEBRATES OF CANARY ISLANDS (Not cryptogenic) 80 50,0% 70 45,0% 40,0% 60 NUMBER OF SPECIES EXOTIC SPECIES Grouped by decades 35,0% 50 30,0% 40 25,0% 30 20,0% 15,0% 20 10,0% 10 0 5.0% <1990 1900 1910 1020 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 NATIVES 50 46 53 32 0 42 41 47 57 69 74 76 EXOTICS 4 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 9 28 36 40 % EXOTICS 7,4% 7,0% 9,4% 9,2% 10,6% 10,3% 10,3% 10,3% 14,7% 28,7% 33,6% 38,6% AFRICA 18 20 ASIA 16 18 AMERICA 14 16 EUROPA OCEANIA 14 12 12 10 10 8 8 6 6 4 4 2 2 0 0 <1990 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Martin, Ojeda, Rodriguez-Luengo (in prep) Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 EXOTIC SPECIES (Not cryptogenic) EXOTIC VERTEBRATES ACCORDING CLIMATIC ORIGIN 40 COLD TAXA COLD‐ACUMULATED TEMPERATE TAXA TEMPERATE ACUMULATED WARM TAXA WARM ACUMULATED 30 35 25 30 20 25 20 15 15 10 10 5 5 0 It is necessary something more than just global warming to explain the arrival to the island of species like that. 0 < 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 EXOTIC PLANTS ACCORDING CLIMATIC ORIGIN 600 250 500 200 400 150 300 100 200 50 100 0 0 < 1900 1910 1020 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Martin, Ojeda, Rodriguez-Luengo (in prep) Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 GLOBALIZATION Commercial Activity (Shipping) Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 CHANGES ON ECOSYSTEMS Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 Ombrotype: model of del Arco et al., 2006 Ombrotype: interpolated model Termotype: model of del Arco et al., 2006 Termotype: interpolated model Martin, Marrero (in prep B) Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 POTENTIAL VEGETATION Excluded antropized areas Martin, Marrero (in prep B) Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 POTENTIAL VEGETATION Excluded antropized areas Martin, Marrero (in prep B) Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 +1 ºC Martin, Marrero (in prep B) Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 +2 ºC summit forest have not place to go Martin, Marrero (in prep B) Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 +3 ºC Martin, Marrero (in prep B) Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 +4 ºC Martin, Marrero (in prep B) Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 600 Partida +1 ºC 500 Nº cuadríclas o ocupadas +2 ºC +3 ºC 400 +4 ºC 300 200 100 0 Tabaibal dulce Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático Cardonal Sabinar Madroñal Monteverde mesofítico Pinar Retamar JLME 2010 +2 ºC Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 +2 ºC POTENTIAL OBSTACLES 1. Their skills do not allow dipersal 2. They can not overcome barriers 3. They do not have suitable habitats +1 ºC 167 m 160 m 140 m 120 m 100 m 80 m 60 m 40 m 20 m 147 km 20 km 40 km 60 km 80 km 100 km 120 km 140 km Jump, A., C. Matyas & J. Peñuelas. 2009. The altitude-for-latitude disparity in the range retractions of woody species. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24: 694-701. Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 Assisted colonization Euphydryas editha Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 Helianthemum juliae Risco Verde Cañada de las Pilas Mesa del Obispo Marrero-Gómez, M.V., J.G. Oostermeijer, E. Carqué Alamo & A. Bañares. 2007. Population viability of the narrow endemic Helianthemum juliae (Cistaceae) in relation to climate variability. Biological Conservation Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 Helianthemum juliae 1. Without considering the weather 3 2. Considering climate of last 85 years 3 Climate 85 years plus reinforcement 3. 4. New locality (40% prob. of good year) 1 2 4 Marrero-Gómez, M.V., J.G. Oostermeijer, E. Carqué Alamo & A. Bañares. 2007. Population viability of the narrow endemic Helianthemum juliae (Cistaceae) in relation to climate variability. Biological Conservation Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010 Thanks very much for your attention José L. Martín Esquivel www.atlantic-island.eu Observatory for Sustainable Development Agencia Canaria de Desarrollo Sostenible y Cambio Climático JLME 2010