Q: Could global warming actually be good for cold-blooded animals?
A: Because cold-blooded animals are largely at the whim of their environment to regulate their body temperature, it seems reasonable that a warmer climate could help these animals by making it easier to stay warm. Could global warming actually benefit some species?
“It will in the northern and mid-latitudes, but not in the tropics, which is where most of the biodiversity resides,” says UW-Madison zoology professor Warren Porter