Dr. Uzma Ashraf, a postdoctoral scholar working with Adam and Dr. Toni Lyn Morelli and based in Dr. Rebecca Hernandez’s lab at UC Davis, was featured in a special story by Spectrum News 1 of California about conflicts between renewable energy and conservation. Way to go, Dr. Uzma!
Aligning renewable energy expansion with climate-driven range shifts [article | summary]
Ashraf, U., Morelli, T.L., Smith, A.B., and Hernandez, R.R. 2024. Nature Climate Change 24:242-246.
Abstract: Fossil fuel dependence can be reduced, in part, by renewable energy expansion. Increasingly, renewable energy siting seeks to avoid significant impacts on biodiversity but rarely considers how species ranges will shift under climate change. Here we undertake a systematic literature review on the topic and overlay future renewable energy siting maps with the ranges of two threatened species under future climate scenarios to highlight this potential conflict.
