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Mike Wehner
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Climate change is already devastating certain animal populations, both on the land and in the oceans, and it's only going to get worse as time goes on if we can't get our thirst for fossil fuels and other pollutants under control. It's easy to measure the effects on some types of life, like coral reefs and the aquatic animals that call them home, because we can actually see the organisms dying off right before our eyes. Other effects are harder to quantify, but could be just as devastating over time.
As Gizmodo reports, scientists are anticipating that specific species will begin to see population numbers drop not because changing climates literally kill them off or because their homes disappear, but because the sex of new generations will be hugely lopsided. The early development of some species, like the American alligator, depends on the temperature of the nesting area. This means that as the climate gets warmer and warmer, the sexes of new hatchlings could be skewed one way or the other.
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Global warming may change the sex of animal populations originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 19 May 2021 at 22:18:43 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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