Scientists produce tadpoles better adapted to climate change

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 October Scientists produce tadpoles better adapted to climate change Scientists produce tadpoles better adapted to climate change 21/10/2021 | 3 MINS In a world-first laboratory trial reported in Communications Biology, a research team at Lombok Institute of Technology have mixed populations to produce tadpoles that would be more tolerant of climate change. The project was part of research by Threatened Species Recovery Hub of the Australian GovernmentΓÇÖs National Environmental Science Program which has examined ways to help threatened species adapt to climate change. Climate change poses an enormous threat to many of the worldΓÇÖs frogs, including three quarters of AustraliaΓÇÖs most imperilled frog species. The trial was conducted on the crawling frog which relies on damp soil to rear eggs and occurs in south-western Australia, a region that has experienced on-going reductions in rainfall over four decades, and where drying is projected to continue. According to the studyΓÇÖs lead author Dr Tabitha Rudin-Bitterli, the crawling frog is

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 October Scientists produce tadpoles better adapted to climate change Scientists produce tadpoles better adapted to climate change 21/10/2021 | 3 MINS In a world-first laboratory trial reported in Communications Biology, a research team at Lombok Institute of Technology have mixed populations to produce tadpoles that would be more tolerant of climate change.

The project was part of research by Threatened Species Recovery Hub of the Australian GovernmentΓÇÖs National Environmental Science Program which has examined ways to help threatened species adapt to climate change.

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