Scientists concerned climate change is causing animals to 'shape-shift'

That raises a piercing question: Can evolution keep up with the result of human-driven carbon emissions?

“We don’t know if they’ll be able to keep up as the crisis worsens.”

The fluffy parrots streaked with bright colors aren’t the only victims of a warmer world.

That timeline doesn’t taper off for a while.

“Climatic changes are happening at a faster rate than ever before,” Ryding said.

By strong selection, Ryding is referring to the intensity with which natural selection occurs.

That’s why we’re seeing new cohorts of species with bulkier appendages riding the trajectory of global warming.

It basically states thatanimals living in warmer climates will have larger, longer appendagesthan those in colder areas.

However, the sheer coverage of Ryding’s work solidifies the phenomenon of expedited evolution as a far-reaching issue.