English Dictionary

climate canary

名詞

A species that is affected by an environmental danger prior to other species, thus serving as an early warning system for the other species with regard to a danger.

日本語の意味

環境の危険が他の生物に広がる前に、その影響をいち早く受け、警告となる役割を果たす生物。 / 環境変動や有害な要因の影響を先に示すことで、他の生物に潜在的な危険を知らせる指標生物。

Scientists warned that the alpine pika, long considered a climate canary, has begun disappearing from lower elevations as temperatures rise.

科学者たちは、気候の早期警告種と長く見なされてきたアルパインピカが気温上昇に伴い低地から姿を消し始めたと警告した。

意味（1）

A species that is affected by an environmental danger prior to other species, thus serving as an early warning system for the other species with regard to a danger.

climate canaries （ plural ）