Animals

Summarizes some of the evidence of climate change around the world. Describes direct effects such as phenology, decline and extinction, and indirect effects such as decreased immune function due to increased exposure of amphibian embryos to ultraviolet radiation.

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(February, 22 2006; V.Vredenburg May 14, 2008; M. McDonald & T. Sayre) Several accounts of declining amphibian populations have been from relatively pristine areas such as designated wilderness areas and national parks (Pounds and Crump 1994, Lips 1998, Lips et al. 2006). In these areas, global
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2. Biodiversity and Climate Change Programme

Reports and assesses threats to specific species and their habitats. Includes a link to the report "Water Birds on the Edge - First Circumpolar Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Arctic Breeding Water Birds" in PDF format. From the World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge, UK.

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3. US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Seminar: Amphibian Declines in the Cloud Forests of Costa

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United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre Climate Change and Biodiversity: Our Work The Climate Change and Biodiversity pages are currently being updated and re-designed. Bufo periglenes - the golden toad. This species' extinction has been attributed to climate
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Report of a case study into the present and future consequences of global warming for highland tropical forest ecosystems. A brief overview of the collapse of the entire amphibian fauna of Monteverde Cloud Forest, including the disappearance of the Golden Toad.

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US Global Change Research Program. Helping to understand, assess, predict, and respond to global change.
Declines in the Cloud Forests of Costa Rica Declines in the Cloud Forests of Costa Rica: Responses to Climate Change? USGCRP Seminar, 29 September 1999 Is there evidence of climate change in the highland cloud forests of Cost Rica? What is the primary cause of amphibian declines and species

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4. Climate Change and its Effect on Migratory Birds

Long term study to identify and assess changes in the spatial distribution, abundance, and demography of the Black-Throated Blue Warbler and other bird species that breed in temperate forests. From the Migratory Bird Center of the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington D.C.

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The effect of climate change on migratory birds.
The effect of climate change on migratory birds Climate patterns throughout the world are changing rapidly, as evidenced by increases in average global temperature and in the annual variability of weather conditions. The impacts of these changes on animal populations are not well understood.

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5. Climate Change and Wildlife

An overview including brief details of the various responses, from changed habits to species decline, of marine and freshwater fish, insects and other invertebrates, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, and birds.

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climate change facts and solutions Wildlife around the world Scientists around the world have noticed a wide variety of animals changing their habits in response to climate change. Some have been successful in adapting to climatic change. Others have not been as fortunate. Marine and freshwater
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6. Arctic Council: Climate Change Threatens Polar Bears

Brief article on the threat to polar bears posed by the melting of the sea ice they live on and hunt from.

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