Panda Climate Change

Higher Temperatures

Pandas need an environment cooler than 77° F to stay healthy. The animals will experience heat stress at temperatures higher than that.

Bamboo Death

Higher temperatures could also cause bamboo to die off at a faster rate than before.

Bamboo Forest Movement

Rising temperatures caused by climate change could cause bamboo forests to move to higher altitudes.

Less Land Available

Amount of available habitat in the Qinling mountains, an area housing 17% of wild pandas, will fall by 49-85% by 2080.

Low Adaptability

The species' low number of wild pandas, long generation time, and low reproductive rate limit their ability to adapt to different conditions caused by climate change.

How climate change is making giant pandas, an already endangered species, even more vulnerable.

the effect of climate change on pandas