Drought ‘refuges’ protect young coho salmon from summer heat

Friday, May 22, 2020 - 16:20 in Biology & Nature

For young coho salmon, summer is not all fun in the sun: Extended heat and drought can sometimes dry up the small freshwater streams where the endangered fish spend the first year of their lives, leaving them trapped in small pools with limited food and oxygen. As climate change threatens to bring hotter and drier […]

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