The risk of drying to animal species remains an understudied element of climate change, which is particularly important for water-sensitive groups such as anurans (frogs and toads). Writing in this issue of Nature Climate Change , Wu and colleagues map the global impacts of warming on anurans, demonstrating how drought will amplify the negative impacts of warming on anurans. See Wu et al. and Research Briefing Image: Jasmine Vink. Cover design: Vanitha Selvarajan Volume 14 Issue 12