je.st
news
Eastern chickadee populations moving fast in response to global warming
2014-03-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit Voice: Watching climate change is a little more subtle than just sitting around watching a thermometer, but sometimes even scientists are surprised at just how fast things are changing. A group of East Coast university researchers probably felt that way as they studied the breeding areas of Carolina and black-capped chickadees. Along a narrow zone in the eastern U.S., the two species interbreed, and that overlap zone is moving northward at 0.7 miles per year -- a full-on sprint by geological time standards....
Tags: fast
global
response
moving
Category:Electronics and Electrical