• Climate change also appears to be accelerating the seasonal development of some insect species.

• The first, under the guise of removing ESA protections for an endangered insect, would place a 15-year time limit on species recovery, potentially dooming many imperiled creatures to extinction.

• However, climate change is likely to cause changes in the nature and extent of several "disturbance factors" (e.g., fire, insect outbreaks).