Leonardo DiCaprio Instagram – Climate change is a major driver of amphibian declines globally, according to a new paper published in Nature reports. Two decades’ worth of data from around the world has found that climate change has emerged as one of the biggest threats to frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. The assessment evaluated the extinction risk of more than 8,000 amphibian species from all over the world, including 2,286 species evaluated for the first time. More than 1,000 experts across the globe contributed their data and expertise, which found that two out of every five amphibians are threatened with extinction. Climate change is especially concerning for amphibians in large part because they are particularly sensitive to changes in their environment. The Nature paper provides an update to the 2004 landmark paper that was based on the first global amphibian assessment for the IUCN Red List, which revealed the unfolding amphibian crisis for the first time and established a baseline for monitoring trends and measuring conservation impact. @rewild @nature_the_journal @iucn_congress @synchearth @amphibiansurvivalalliance Photo credit: @_sandeep_das_ – Orange Black Tubercled Indian Microhylid