Cornell
University scientists study how climate change may affect
the survival of some species
Dr.
David Winkler
Dr.
David Wolfe
When
we think of climate change and how it may affect our
world, we think of the sensational stories
of potential
flooding along the coastlines, warming temperatures
that turn farmland into wasteland, or the haunting images
of polar bears stranded on one tiny piece of ice in an
ever-growing
ocean.
Thousands
of scientists around the globe are studying climate change to try and
understand what the potential effect
of
a changing climate might be and what, if anything,
we can do to slow it. At Cornell University, Dr.
David Winkler and Dr.
David Wolfe are looking at some very common
species and learning more about how climate change
may affect
our everyday
lives.
Videos of the tree swallow (provided by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology):
Other resources for learning more about climate change and
how some species may or may not adapt:
In
part three of our five-part series on genetic science and
research in our region, Crystal Sarakas speaks with Dr.
David Winkler and Dr. David Wolfe of Cornell University
on climate
change and how some species are adapting.
Transcript
of radio report
Listen
now (9
minutes):
