Climate Change: Rising Rainfall, not Temperatures, Threaten Giraffe Survival
Monday, June 12, 2023 - 19:04
in Earth & Climate
Climate change is expected to cause widespread decline in wildlife populations worldwide. But little was previously known about the combined effects of climate change and human activity on the survival rates not only of giraffes, but of any large African herbivore species. Now researchers from the University of Zurich and Pennsylvania State University have concluded a decade-long study - the largest to date - of a giraffe population in the Tarangire region of Tanzania.