Results of a novel study led by Toni Lyn Morelli,a research ecologist with the U.
S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Northeast Climate Science Center based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, offer a framework for conserving areas she and co-authors dub "climate change refugia, and " that is,areas naturally buffered from climate change that protect natural and cultural resources.
Source: phys.org