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These Mammals Are Hit Hard By Climate Change
2014-12-01 23:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: December`s here and snowshoe hares are putting on their white winter coats as they`ve done for countless generations. But because climate change is transforming their environment much faster than evolution can react to it, the species is increasingly out-of-sync with its landscape: As snows arrive later and melt earlier, the hares, whose coloration change is thought to be triggered by the changing length of days, not the actual temperature and precipitation around them, are turning white when their...
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