Environment
Q&A: What happens when warming streams push young salmon beyond their limits
Key Points
As climate change warms rivers across British Columbia, young salmon are facing increasing heat stress at vulnerable stages of their lives. Two studies from UBC's Pacific Salmon Ecology and Conservation Lab have found that younger fish cope with heat differently than older fish and that current methods may be underestimating the risks salmon face in warming waterways.
As climate change warms rivers across British Columbia, young salmon are facing increasing heat stress at vulnerable stages of their lives. Two studies from UBC's Pacific Salmon Ecology and Conservation Lab have found that younger fish cope with heat differently than older fish and that current methods may be underestimating the risks salmon face in warming waterways.