How birds adapt to rising heat is an early warning on climate change effects

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How birds adapt to rising heat is an early warning on climate change effects: Birds living in hot, humid climates have evolved to handle larger spikes in body temperature

The study, which is based on the PhD work of zoology student Marc Freeman, found that rising temperatures because of

will affect bird species differently. Their abilities to withstand extremely hot conditions depends on the part of the world that they find themselves in and the climatic region to which their physiology has become adapted over thousands of years.Subscribe to the M&G today for just R30 for the first three months* to gain access to this story and all our best journalism, subscriber-only newsletters, events and a weekly cryptic crossword.

 

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