This shift in daily temperatures can influence how plants and animals cope with climate change.
, but rising average temperatures are just one factor among many driving those repercussions. A new study published in late September incompared to daytime temps in most land areas across the Earth. That shift can influence everything from predator-prey dynamics to plant growth.
Previous analyses have found that the rising greenhouse gases in our atmosphere are not having an even effect on temperatures from day to night. But Cox says this is the first study of temperature asymmetries to cover all global lands. Nighttime ecology is particularly understudied, with most research focused on the daytime activities of organisms. That’s why Cox was interested in understanding temperature asymmetries across the globe. Revealing these differences can be a stepping stone toward seeing how nocturnal activities are faring under climate change.
On a global level, nights are heating up more than days. Almost twice as much area has seen a greater temperature increase at night compared to during the day. This change appears to be closely tied to shifts in cloud cover; where cloud cover increased, so did nighttime temperatures. “We think that cloud cover is probably the main driver [of increased nighttime temperatures],” says Cox.
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