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Albatross study finds limits of evolutionary rescue under climate change
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A new PNAS study fed more than three decades of black-browed albatross records into a model that allowed traits such as wing length, breeding timing and behavior to evolve as the climate warms. The results show evolutionary rescue extended the species' survival under mild warming, but strong warming overwhelmed those adaptive gains. Researchers say the findings highlight how adaptive evolution may buy time for long-lived seabirds, yet cannot fully shield them from rapid climate change.
Why now: The study's finding that adaptation helps only under mild warming, not strong warming, is a striking warning about climate change limits.
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