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Is Climate Change Leading To Super Marmots?

National Public Radio interviews marmot expert and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor and Department Chair Dan Blumstein.

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A new study published in the journal Nature says yellow-bellied marmots in Colorado are getting bigger in size and population. Climate change may be the reason.

To read a full transcript of the interview by All Things Considered host Robert Siegel here.

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Published: Friday, July 23, 2010

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