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CLIMATE CHANGE
Dear HIW, I’m a frequent reader of your magazines and often read the same ones again and again. I was reading an article about evolution and found a part about human-driven evolution. That got me thinking, how would living beings grow to adapt to climate change? What would they grow in order to do that? Do you think that some animals would develop a tolerance of ultraviolet light somehow?
Muhammad
Any changes to animals’ environments can cause a species to adapt and evolve, and as the impact of climate change affects so much life on Earth, many animals and plants will need to adapt to survive. The warming planet is already causing changes in animals. Sea lions in California have changed their hunting habits due to a decrease in food in their habitats. They have adopted a greater range in diet and
The bills of several species of Australian parrots are increasing in size