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Study models how albatrosses may evolve as climate warms

Original: 🦅 NEW: A # PNAS study fed more than three decades of black-browed # albatross records into a model that let traits like

A new PNAS study fed more than three decades of black-browed albatross records into an evolutionary model, allowing traits such as wing length, breeding timing and behavior to change as the climate warms. The results show that so-called evolutionary rescue can extend the species' survival under mild warming, but that strong warming overwhelms this adaptive capacity, raising concerns about the long-term future of albatross populations.

Why now: New research suggests climate change may outpace albatrosses' ability to adapt evolutionarily.

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• 🦅 NEW: A # PNAS study fed more than three decades of black-browed # albatross records into a model that let traits like wing length, # breeding timing, and # behavior evolve as the # climate warms. Evolutionary rescue extended survival under mild warming but strong warming… · tksst@fediscience.org · 6

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