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Hotspots reveal temperature danger zone for koala survival
Australian researchers analyzing 11,862 koala hospital admissions found the marsupials face significantly elevated death risk when seven-day average temperatures exceed 27 degrees Celsius. Hospitalization and mortality rates jumped 1.5 to 3.5 times higher during weeks averaging above 30 degrees. Inland NSW koalas face the greatest threat, with climate change and habitat fragmentation potentially driving local extinctions in vulnerable populations.
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