科罗拉多州推出"胖旱獭周"应对气候危机

科罗拉多州落基山生物实验室的研究人员发起首届"胖旱獭周"活动，以创意方式为其陷入困境的长期研究项目筹集资金。1该实验室自1962年以来一直在进行全球最长期的哺乳动物个体研究。1

去年冬季，该项目遭遇重创。1在160只旱獭中，100多只因缺乏积雪保温而在冬眠期间死亡，仅剩60只存活。1上个雪季是科罗拉多河上游流域有记录以来最差雪量。1研究人员指出，人为气候变化使本次雪旱灾的可能性增加了14倍。1

为继续维持这项关键研究，团队需筹集三年经费超过20万美元。1该实验室已通过OnlyFans平台发布相关视频，并推出加密货币$OnlyMarms进行筹款，已筹集约10万美元。1研究团队负责人Dan Blumstein在谈及气候变化的严峻形势时表示："在某种意义上，我们将在泰坦尼克号沉没时大笑着下去。因为你还能做什么呢？"1降雪减少不仅威胁该地区的生态系统，也正影响下游水资源供应。1

Researchers at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Colorado have launched the inaugural "Fat Marmot Week" to engage the public and raise funds for their long-running wildlife study 1. The initiative comes as the laboratory confronts a devastating blow to its research population: last winter, more than 100 of approximately 160 marmots died during hibernation due to insufficient snow cover, leaving just 60 survivors 1. The previous snow season brought the worst conditions on record for the upper Colorado River basin 1, and climate change has increased the likelihood of such drought conditions by a factor of 14 1.

The laboratory has been conducting what is described as the world's longest individual-based study of mammals, spanning more than 60 years since 1962 1. To continue this critical research, the team needs to raise over $200,000 to cover three years of funding 1. The laboratory is employing creative fundraising strategies, including the sale of cryptocurrency called $OnlyMarms through the OnlyFans platform, which has already generated approximately $100,000 1. Researcher Dan Blumstein captured the gravity of the situation when he remarked: "In a sense, we'll be laughing as the Titanic sinks. Because what else can you do?" 1 The declining snow cover driven by warming temperatures poses a broader threat not only to the marmot ecosystem but also to downstream water supplies in the region 1.