Is there any chance there may be a chance that the authors might find a way that could possibly provide an article with more shadowy predictions? It might or could be possible, but it is for sure that most of this article is pure conjecture. It also might be possible that a rise in winter water temperature increase the availability of other food sources like mayflies or minnows, but I'm thinking that would just be another guess. Bill G.

Bill G.--It's an article on scientific research. Research studies, especially the first ones in a field, tend to establish more questions than answers. These researchers are establishing the degree to which brown trout in this particular stream during this particular winter depend on this midge and other winter food sources. Future studies will refine their findings and begin to answer some of those other questions. Unless read from this point of view, science articles can be frustrating to read.

And when isn't the climate changing? And now man is going to help? This for sure will mean the trout are in for big problems.

Usually one doesn't know the answers until one does the study. Life is messy that way.

Wow, amazing how a 1 degree Chanel (based on shoddy data to begin with) can do so much. This disgusting charade and waste of money is infuriating. Not one good thing comes of a little warming if u believe these fools

Note to self, don't eat the Trout with the clipped fins! Sure would not want to eat that tracking device they put in the trout!

So Muskiedog, you hold that human intervention will be bad for the trout? Consider other species. Populations of white tale deer were decimated in the early 20th century. Bald eagles were a rare thing to see until 20 years ago. The gray wolf was in trouble and now we're talking about hunting seasons on them. Through research and human intervention we can improve the possibilities for wildlife.

willmarres- the point of my comment was that the article was written to warn or scare us with a barrage of maybes, mights, coulds and ifs. All of them pointed toward possible harm, and they will never find any benefits to warming because they refuse to look for them. When it is a foregone conclusion, or at least an assumption, that warming is dangerous, the results of this "science" are suspect. Bill G.

duckhunter97...the device is probably about the size of a piece of 2-shot though probably not nearly as tough on dental work. It might be quite a surprise to bite into one though.

All of your climate skeptics have been led to believe that climate change isn't real by a few, so-called "scientists" who have been paid for by big corporations to confuse you. You think oil companies want you to know the truth? Just keep your head buried in the sand and when your grandchildren ask you someday why you didn't do more, I hope you have a good answer. Nearly 90% of the skeptic research has been funded by big corporations.