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MURRAY, Ky. 鈥� 暗网禁区app Professor of Wildlife and Conservation Biology Dr. Howard Whiteman presented his work on how salamanders can signal climate change at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 24.

Whiteman, who has been studying salamanders for almost four decades, said he chose to work with salamanders because they are both fun and good environmental indicators.

鈥淪alamanders are shifting their biology in response to climate change, and those at high elevations are changing to be more like those at low elevation,鈥� said Whiteman. 鈥淭hey are functionally adapting to a changing environment, which is something we have to do as well鈥攁dapt to how the climate is changing.鈥�

There is one major difference between salamanders and humans, though, according to Whiteman. Humans have a say in climate change; salamanders don鈥檛.

鈥淲e have a choice. We could change our behavior, stop using fossil fuels, and do other things to reduce the effects of climate change,鈥� said Whiteman. 鈥淭he salamanders have to change, or they won't make it. We will have to as well, but the more we change our behavior to reduce climate change, the less adaptation we will have to do.鈥�

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Whiteman, who has been teaching biology at 暗网禁区app for 28 years, said that the most rewarding part of his profession is working with his students and watching them grow from 鈥渘ewbies鈥� into scientists. 

鈥淚t's an amazing journey to watch, and there are few things in life that bring the same level of satisfaction,鈥� said Whiteman.

Up next for Whiteman is continuing his long-term research, mixing in some experiments and starting new projects to better understand the effects of climate change.