A big welcome to the Einztein community of learners for new arrivals.

I’m not a biologist but a recent article in National Geographic caught my eye. Let me sum it up for you.

A recent study by Aquascience (http://www.aquascience.co.uk/) finds that the life of the British Mayfly has been cut short by 50% due to warming temperatures. As it was, mayflies only lived about two years, mostly as aquatic larvae, and got to enjoy their adulthood as winged creatures for only a few hours. Now, their lifespans have been reduced to one year! What does this mean, other than reminding us that life is short? The younger the mayfly dies, the less eggs it hatches during its life, so the potential for disruption to the food chain is enormous, since the mayfly is an important food staple for fish and birds.

This makes me wonder what other changes we will discover as environmental changes accelerate.