Published on October 4 in the scientific journal Nature, a groundbreaking study illuminates the escalating threat of climate change to amphibians, revealing it as a predominant factor driving their global declines. Titled “Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats,” the research is rooted in the second global amphibian assessment, coordinated by the Amphibian Red List Authority, a segment of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission’s Amphibian Specialist Group. Jennifer Luedtke Swandby, Re:wild manager of species partnerships, poignantly notes, “Amphibians are becoming climate captives, unable to move very far to escape the … Continue reading Alarming 41% of Assessed Amphibian Species Globally Threatened, Recent Assessment Discloses