Climate change has driven an increase in the number of bat species in southern China in the past century (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Climate change has driven an increase in the number of bat species in southern China in the past century

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Estimated increase in the local number of bat species due to shifts in their geographical ranges driven by climate change since 1901. The zoomed-in area represents the likely spatial origin of the bat-borne ancestor of SARS-CoV-2.

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Dr Robert Beyer

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