/newsroom/taxonomy/term/11155/all en /newsroom/channels/news/how-climate-change-affecting-where-species-live-357786 <p>As the climate warms, many species are on the move, raising new challenges for policy-makers around the world. Shifts in the ranges of mosquitoes and disease-bearing ticks and bats are introducing illnesses such as malaria and Lyme disease into regions where health-care systems are unprepared. Movements of commercially important fish from one jurisdiction to another are shifting job opportunities and causing trade disputes.</p> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:19:37 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 310618 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/how-do-temperature-extremes-influence-distribution-species-352706 <p>As the planet gets hotter, animal and plant species around the world will be faced with new, potentially unpredictable living conditions, which could alter ecosystems in unprecedented ways.</p> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:34:14 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307447 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/teaching-hope-during-climate-crisis-346875 <p>Headlines about severe climate events can make the future seem bleak.</p> Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:24:44 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 296086 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/no-safe-space-12-key-ocean-species-north-american-west-coast-340517 <p>For the generations who grew up watching <i>Finding Nemo</i>, it might not come as a surprise that the North American West Coast has its own version of the underwater ocean highway – the California Current marine ecosystem (CCME). The CCME extends from the southernmost tip of California up through Washington. Seasonal upward currents of cold, nutrient-rich water are the backbone to a larger food web of krill, squid, fish, seabirds and marine mammals. However, climate change and subsequent changes in ocean pH, temperature and oxygen levels are altering the CCME — and not in a good way.</p> Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:56:58 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 288277 at /newsroom /newsroom/jennifer-sunday Wed, 27 Jul 2022 19:25:17 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 288275 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/will-climate-change-outpace-species-adaptation-329263 <p>Many species might be left vulnerable in the face of climate change, unable to adapt their physiologies to respond to rapid global warming. According to a team of international researchers, species evolve heat tolerance more slowly than cold tolerance, and the level of heat they can adapt to has limits.</p> Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:24:40 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 256647 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/three-mcgill-researchers-among-2020-alfred-p-sloan-research-fellows-320241 <p><b>By Amanda Testani</b></p> Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:59:18 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 198427 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/global-warming-hits-sea-creatures-hardest-296416 <p>The greater vulnerability of sea creatures may significantly impact human communities that rely on fish and shellfish for food and economic activity, according to the study published in the journal Nature. </p> Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:07:28 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 159335 at /newsroom