
What do fish do when the water gets too hot?
Cold-water fish like trout have a strategy for surviving extreme heat—moving into thermal refuges. Thermal refuges are areas in a river where colder water discharges …
Cold-water fish like trout have a strategy for surviving extreme heat—moving into thermal refuges. Thermal refuges are areas in a river where colder water discharges …
In issuing permits for expansion of a key Montana coal mine, state regulators have consistently ignored water quality laws, the Montana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday …
In the midst of a heat wave in Nova Scotia, Canada, this July, humans sought out air conditioning and shelter in the shade. Fish in the Wrights River, meanwhile, …
I’m not sure we need a scientist to tell us drought conditions lead to hotter river temps. As climate change warms the planet and droughts …
The 2014–2016 marine heatwave aka the Blob, was one of the most intense marine heatwaves in recorded history, so it makes sense that it had …
An ocean heat wave off Florida’s coast is breaking records for water temperatures. Now, the El Nino weather pattern is partly to blame, but scientists …
The current heatwave impacting large swaths of the country is also driving a spike in marine temperatures. As scientists around the world sound the alarm …
Fly hatches are becoming harder to predict because of climate change. What happens when there’s no more hatches to match? The decline of aquatic insects …
The chances of climate change causing significant disruption to saltwater fisheries are pretty high, according to a NOAA Fisheries climate vulnerability assessment that’s on its …
Glacial melting is shining a spotlight on the science of ecological succession, the name given to the patterns of the arrival of one species after …