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  • Site of GLORIA study of alpine plants under global warmng.  Plants on Schrankogel Mt, Austria, moving up as climate warms. Site of GLORIA study of alpine plants under global warming. Plants on Schrankogel Mt, Austria, moving up as climate warms.
  • Coring old stump of bristlecone pine, California.  Detail of plots, record keeping of mountain plant study. Coring old stump of bristlecone pine, California. Detail of plots, record keeping of mountain plant study.
  • Dungeness bird observatory UK with early migrant. a Chiff-chaff; migration times compared to 300-year records. Dungeness bird observatory UK with early migrant. a Chiff-chaff; migration times compared to 300-year records.
  • Staff of Marine Biological Lab in Plymouth, UK, choose next plot location to guage movement of tidepool creatures in changing climate. Staff of Marine Biological Lab in Plymouth, UK, choose next plot location to guage movement of tidepool creatures in changing climate.
  • Arizona Tree Ring Laboratory at the University of Arizona, Malcolm Hughes study of bristlecones and other old trees with tree cores. Arizona Tree Ring Laboratory at the University of Arizona, Malcolm Hughes study of bristlecones and other old trees with tree cores.
  • Dr. Camille Parmesan, here in France, first to chart movement of butterfly range due to climate warming in North America. Dr. Camille Parmesan, here in France, first to chart movement of butterfly range due to climate warming in North America.
  • Edith's Checkerspot Butterfly  one of the first animals shown to be changing its range due to global warming. Camille Parmesan study. Edith's Checkerspot Butterfly one of the first animals shown to be changing its range due to global warming. Camille Parmesan study.
  •  Edith's Checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha) laying eggs on Collinsia torreyi in Sierra Nevada mountains. Edith's Checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha) laying eggs on Collinsia torreyi in Sierra Nevada mountains.
  • Canada Warbler, Northern Minnesota, among small migrant birds arriving earlier, at risk of a disrupted ecosystem. Canada Warbler, Northern Minnesota, among small migrant birds arriving earlier, at risk of a disrupted ecosystem.
  • Atelopus various, harlequin toad, which is one of the more than 50 species of amphibian that have been in steep decline or gone missing in recent years in Central America. Atelopus various, harlequin toad, which is one of the more than 50 species of amphibian that have been in steep decline or gone missing in recent years in Central America.