Tag: warming climate

August 10, 2020

Climate change may push Northwest amphibians to the brink

By the 2080s, amphibians may be either too hot or too dehydrated to inhabit the mountains of the Pacific Northwest under projected climate change scenarios. In a study published in...

December 28, 2015

Competition and Climate Change Threaten Bicknell’s Thrushes

Benjamin Freeman had never seen or heard a Bicknell’s thrush (Catharus bicknelli) before he began studying the songbirds in the Adirondacks. He woke up at 3:30 a.m. one morning to...

November 30, 2015

Moose and Hares Benefit From Warming Climate in Alaska

While polar bears and other marine mammals may be suffering negative impacts from warming temperatures, new research suggests that other terrestrial animals in Artic regions are benefitting from the increased...