A new study shows that within the next 20 years, nearly 60 per cent of all the world’s cacti would face an increased risk of extinction. ThePrint’s Sandhya Ramesh explains what effects global heating is having on plants that are commonly thought to be hardy survivors.

Subscribe to the Pure Science Telegram Channel https://t.me/PureScienceWithSandhyaRamesh Supplementary reading: Pillet, M., Goettsch, B., Merow, C. et al. Elevated extinction risk of cacti under climate change. Nat. Plants (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01130-0