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To save the monarch butterfly, scientists are moving a forest up a mountain
- FerosMorgen 8y agoMother Nature has had a tough time of late. It's nice to know that there are people of action in 2019.
- username223 8y agoAnd it will go on and on... Animals with summer and winter coats (e.g. rabbits, ptarmigans, foxes) moult based on the amount of daylight, not temperature or snow-cover, so their camouflage will go out of sync. Others, like pikas[1], are doomed for other reasons. We've never managed to overestimate the cost of global warming. [1] https://www.usgs.gov/news/pikas-disappearing-parts-west-due-climate-change-0 https://www.usgs.gov/news/pikas-disappearing-parts-west-due-...
- Simulacra 8y agoIt's nice to see more charities popping up focused on narrow goals, like planting milkweed for monarch butterflies, and flowering plants for bees.