Species shifts
Most organisms are sensitive to the environmental perturbations that they already have experienced as a result of climate change.
Golden Toad (Bufo periglenes) in a Costa Rican cloud forest. This species is presumed extinct because it has not been seen since 1989.
C. H. Smith, US Fish & Wildlife Service
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