{"671216":{"#nid":"671216","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Lizards, fish and other species are evolving with climate change, but not fast enough","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EClimate change is threatening the survival of plants and animals around the globe as temperatures rise and habitats change. Some species have been able to meet the challenge with rapid evolutionary adaptation and other changes in behavior or physiology. Dark-colored dragonflies are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2101458118\u0022\u003Egetting paler\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in order to reduce the amount of heat they absorb from the sun. Mustard plants are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2012.1051\u0022\u003Eflowering earlier\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to take advantage of earlier snowmelt. Lizards are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsbl.2020.0625\u0022\u003Ebecoming more cold-tolerant\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to handle the extreme variability of our new climate. However, scientific studies show that climate change is occurring much faster than species are changing. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/james-stroud\u0022\u003EJames Stroud\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, co-authored this article.\u0026nbsp;(This article was also covered at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/goodmenproject.com\/featured-content\/lizards-fish-and-other-species-are-evolving-with-climate-change-but-not-fast-enough\/\u0022\u003EThe Good Men Project\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.beaumontenterprise.com\/news\/article\/lizards-fish-and-other-species-are-evolving-with-18506074.php\u0022\u003EBeaumont Enterprise\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/lizards-fish-other-species-evolving-132715240.html\u0022\u003EYahoo! News\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.capetalk.co.za\/articles\/490208\/lizards-and-other-species-are-evolving-with-climate-change-but-not-fast-enough\u0022\u003ECapeTalk 567AM\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EClimate change is threatening the survival of plants and animals around the globe as temperatures rise and habitats change. Some species have been able to meet the challenge with rapid evolutionary adaptation and other changes in behavior or physiology. Dark-colored dragonflies are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2101458118\u0022\u003Egetting paler\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in order to reduce the amount of heat they absorb from the sun. Mustard plants are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2012.1051\u0022\u003Eflowering earlier\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to take advantage of earlier snowmelt. Lizards are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsbl.2020.0625\u0022\u003Ebecoming more cold-tolerant\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to handle the extreme variability of our new climate. However, scientific studies show that climate change is occurring much faster than species are changing. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/james-stroud\u0022\u003EJames Stroud\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, co-authored this article. (This article was also covered at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/goodmenproject.com\/featured-content\/lizards-fish-and-other-species-are-evolving-with-climate-change-but-not-fast-enough\/\u0022\u003EThe Good Men Project\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.beaumontenterprise.com\/news\/article\/lizards-fish-and-other-species-are-evolving-with-18506074.php\u0022\u003EBeaumont Enterprise\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/lizards-fish-other-species-evolving-132715240.html\u0022\u003EYahoo! News\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.capetalk.co.za\/articles\/490208\/lizards-and-other-species-are-evolving-with-climate-change-but-not-fast-enough\u0022\u003ECapeTalk 567AM\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-11-22 15:28:20","changed_gmt":"2024-01-02 16:39:14","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The Conversation","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/lizards-fish-and-other-species-are-evolving-with-climate-change-but-not-fast-enough-215222","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"193037","name":"James Stroud"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"170856","name":"species"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}