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Albatross study finds evolution may not outrun climate change
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A new study in PNAS 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 adapt as the climate warms. The results show evolutionary rescue can extend the species' survival under mild warming, but that strong warming overwhelms the birds' capacity to adapt, raising concerns for long-lived seabirds.
Why now: The findings highlight the limits of evolutionary adaptation as climate change accelerates, a pressing concern for conservationists.
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