Скачать или смотреть Pika Power Hour and AMA - Colorado Endangered Species Week 2020

The American pika has adapted to an extremely narrow set of living conditions. During the winter it relies on snowpack for insulation from sub-freezing air temperatures, and during the summer it avoids overheating by resting in cool spaces found under the rocks in talus and boulder-fields.

These adaptations are great for thriving in environments that are harshly cold for most of the year, but they also make the American pika vulnerable to a warming climate. As climate changes, the American pika is threatened by reductions in snowpack and longer, warmer summers that might change the quality of their forage and reduce the amount of time they can spend foraging in the warmer temperatures above the rocks.

During the Pika Power Hour and AMA, Jo from Colorado Mesa University and Megan from Rocky Mountain Wild joined Chris to discuss pikas, their current status, best-known science, and citizen science projects that will help up protect this adorable species. Then they answered our attendees questions!

This event was part of Colorado Endangered Species Week: https://rockymountainwild.org/cesw