The Impact of Climate Change on Marmot Survival Differs Between Seasons

by Bangor University, via Phys.org / July 7, 2020

Just out of curiosity, haven’t you guys always defined “seasons” as “climate change”?

The research, carried out in and around the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Colorado, analyzed 40 years of life-history data to understand how yellow-bellied marmots (large burrowing ground squirrels)

Joe Biden has just found a new insult!

have responded to climate change during their active summer season and the long winter hibernation.

Over the course of four decades (1979-2018), marmot survival generally increased during summer but decreased during winter

What a startling find! Stop the presses!

and these effects were greatest among pups and one-year-olds

. . . and, presumably, 90-year-old marmots . . .

“I may not have your brain, humans, but may I ask, what exactly did you expect? Asking for offend.”