Climate change and trauma in Great Apes

March 12, 2024

Dr. Ammie Kalan was interviewed for CBC to provide comment on a new publication, text and broadcast interview. The findings, published today in the academic journal PLOS Climate, suggest climate change will create dangerous conditions in hundreds of ape habitats across the continent.  

"When you have really large groups, it potentially cuts off individuals from other individuals that they might know," explained Ammie Kalan, a primatologist at the University of Victoria. "She says this isolation breaks down the social networks of these apes, and that the longer these extreme climate events last, the worse the damage to the animals." (CBC News)

Read the article "Climate change could cause 'generational trauma' in great apes.