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Patrice Pottier, Postdoctoral researcher in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UNSW Sydney

Hot frogs and sizzling salamanders: climate change is pushing amphibians to their limits

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Frogs and other amphibians rely on the surrounding environment to regulate their body temperature. On hot days they might seek shade, water or cool spaces underground. But what if everywhere is too hot?

There is a limit to how much heat amphibians can tolerate. My colleagues and I wanted to work out how close amphibians are to reaching these limits, globally.

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