Road salt can change sex ratios in frog populations, study says
Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - 10:01
in Biology & Nature
Naturally occurring chemicals found in road salts commonly used to de-ice paved surfaces can alter the sex ratios in nearby frog populations, a phenomenon that could reduce the size and viability of species populations, according to a new study by scientists at Yale and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).