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Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havens

  • Written by Toni Lyn Morelli, Adjunct Full Professor of Environmental Conservation, UMass Amherst; U.S. Geological Survey
Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havensMuch wildlife relies on cool streams and lush meadows in the Sierra Nevada.Ron and Patty Thomas/E+ via Getty Images

The idea began in California’s Sierra Nevada, a towering spine of rock and ice where rising temperatures and the decline of snowpack are transforming ecosystems, sometimes with catastrophic consequences for wildlife.

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