Changing environment?

[Boomsloth]

Hey everyone, so after spending weeks out in a swampy lake in Florida and looking at other areas I began to notice that puddles that house most of the more "fish sensitive" tadpoles have been drying up completely rather than the usual drying down enough to let the tadpoles morph out. I noticed this first outside of a restaurant but just figured it was the location but now I'm seeing tons of tadpoles drying up in areas that should have stayed at least a little more wet. Has anyone else experienced this? We've got a little more rain but it only takes a day to dry.

[Mentat]

Weather is changing in the whole planet and wildlife is taking the brunt of it as off now .

[Boomsloth]

Just wondering if anyone has experienced any of the more drastic changes. Puddles do dry up but last year at the same time there were puddles throughout the summer and never completely dry days like I've seen.

[Tongue Flicker]

In my home country, Bahrain, the only non-native native frog is the european marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus). They live in freshwater mud puddles that dry out in a few weeks. I could literally watch them morph into adults in a week or so time.

[UncleChester]

I think it's always been the case that vernal pools can vary greatly from one year to the next, so I wouldn't read much of anything into short term observations. Using temporary pools to breed in has always been a risk.

An increase in global temps, which will speed up the drying of vernal pools, is supposed to come with increased precipitation, which helps keep vernal pools flush with water. Which wins seems to depend on the specific climate change models used for predictions as well as the location and makeup of the pond. There's plenty of reading material on vernal pools and climate change, I've only looked at a teeny tiny bit of it, but it's out there if you're interested in delving deeper

[Boomsloth]

I think it's always been the case that vernal pools can vary greatly from one year to the next, so I wouldn't read much of anything into short term observations. Using temporary pools to breed in has always been a risk.

An increase in global temps, which will speed up the drying of vernal pools, is supposed to come with increased precipitation, which helps keep vernal pools flush with water. Which wins seems to depend on the specific climate change models used for predictions as well as the location and makeup of the pond. There's plenty of reading material on vernal pools and climate change, I've only looked at a teeny tiny bit of it, but it's out there if you're interested in delving deeper

Thanks! Yeah I guess it's just a balance. It looks like this year will favor anything that breeds in deeper pools that haven't been drying out completely in a day at least in my area