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Climate change damaging male fertility of insects

Research reveals that heatwaves damage sperm in insects, with negative impacts for fertility across generations. Male infertility during heatwaves could help to explain why climate change is having such an impact on species populations, including climate-related extinctions in recent years.
Date: 13 Nov 2018
Filed under: insects, fertility, impacts