Posted by: Sandy Steinman | July 18, 2015

Climate Change Shrinking Bumblebees’ Range

The New York Times reports

Climate change has narrowed the range where bumblebees are found in North America and Europe in recent decades, according to a study published Thursday.

The paper, published in the journal Science, suggests that warming temperatures have caused bumblebee populations to retreat from the southern limits of their travels by as much as 190 miles since the 1970s.

Read full story at Climate Change Is Shrinking Where Bumblebees Range, Researchers Find – The New York Times.


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