Found only in the General Davis Cave system in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, the West Virginia spring salamander has a single isolated population that has been impacted by historic collection. Although collection is no longer considered a threat to the species, the now diminished population depends on aquatic habitats − the cave stream, rimstone pools, drip pools, seeps, and muddy streambanks – that are vulnerable to major flooding events, which are becoming increasingly frequent due to climate change climate change
Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's climate system and caused change on a global scale.

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