From birds to fish, how extreme heat causes wildlife to suffer (opens in new tab)

The human toll of heatwaves is well documented but their ecological impacts have received less attention. A study published in March in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution found that three-quarters of land and ocean species assessed were "negatively impacted" during a major 2021 heatwave across western North America. Heatwaves can be "brutal" on wildlife, said Gregoire Lois, an ornithologist at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, which is withering under its second heatwave ...