Can wildlife adapt to climate change? - Erin Eastwood
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With rising temperatures and seas, massive droughts, and changing landscapes, successfully adapting to climate change is increasingly important. For humans, this can mean using technology to find solutions. But for some plants and animals, adapting to these changes involves the most ancient solution of all: evolution. Erin Eastwood explains how animals are adapting to climate change.
How do you think “plastic”, or non-heritable, changes like those listed in the lesson (changing body sizes, breeding seasons, or flowering dates) could help organisms adapt to climate change? How do you think they may be limited?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Erin Eastwood
- Script Editor Emma Bryce
- Director Franco Barroeta Fonseca, Sergio Castañeda
- Animator Franco Barroeta Fonseca, Sergio Castañeda, Eduardo Sandoval, Vidal Barrera
- Artist Franco Barroeta Fonseca, Sergio Castañeda, Eduardo Sandoval, Vidal Barrera
- Producer Fernanda Adame
- Sound Designer Christopher Bullé-Goyri
- Narrator Addison Anderson
