The American Pika

A video that explains how the monitoring of a climate-sensitive species, the American Pika, can reveal the possible impact of climate change on the habitat and population of a species.

  • Play the short video (approx. 5 min), “The American Pika: A climate indicator species?”.

  • In this video, Chris Ray from the University of Colorado Boulder talks about her research on the American Pika, a species that is sensitive to climate change.

  • The monitoring of pikas could serve as an indicator of the effect of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystems.

“The American Pika: A climate indicator species?”, produced by Earth Initiatives

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