Yellowstone Amphibians Declining Under Climate Change

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Despite being protected longer than anywhere else on Earth, Yellowstone’s amphibians are declining fast. The culprit, say researchers: climate change.

In 1992 and 1993, researchers in Elizabeth Hadly’s group at Stanford University surveyed amphibians dwelling in ponds left behind by glaciers in northern Yellowstone National Park. Over the last three summers, Hadly’s graduate student Sarah McMenamin repeated the study.

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Tagged as: Amphibians, Climate Changes, Climates, Earth, Elizabeth Hadly, Glaciers, Sarah McMenamin, Stanford University, Yellowstone National Park

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