10/02/2023
No animals are immune to the effects of climate change, but some are significantly more sensitive than others.
They may live in a habitat undergoing severe upheaval, or they may just lack the adaptability to keep pace, even if their environment is comparatively stable.
But as humans struggle to rein in climate change, we also have a duty to help other animals survive the crisis we've created.
While this means striving to save hard-hit individual species, it also means considering which types of animals are most and least vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
In that spirit, a team of European researchers examined records for 157 species of terrestrial mammals, looking for links between yearly weather anomalies, population growth rates, and species-level life history.