Road salt can change sex ratios in frog populations

Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - 14:31 in Biology & Nature

Naturally occurring chemicals found in road salts commonly used to de-ice paved surfaces can alter the sex ratios in nearby frog populations, a phenomenon that could reduce the size and viability of species populations, according to a new study.

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