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Climate change has raised the temperature of the Earth by about 1.1 °C (2.0 °F) since the Industrial Revolution.As the extent of future greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation actions determines the climate change scenario taken, warming may increase from present levels by less than 0.4 °C (0.72 °F) with rapid and comprehensive mitigation (the 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) Paris Agreement goal) to ...
An international report released earlier this year by the United Nations Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals listed climate change as one of the top three threats ...
Birds in the Amazon rainforest have become smaller, and their wings longer, over several generations due to changes in their environment. Climate change is causing the bodies of birds to ...
If the emission of greenhouse gases isn't slowed, 389 out of 604 species in North America face extinction, according to the NationalAudobon Society
The effects that climate change has on both plant and animal species within certain ecosystems has the ability to directly affect the human inhabitants who rely on natural resources. Frequently, the extinction of plant and animal species create a cyclic relationship of species endangerment in ecosystems which are directly affected by climate ...
However, many amphibian declines or extinctions have occurred in pristine habitats where the above effects are not likely to occur. The causes of these declines are complex, but many can be attributed to emerging diseases, climate change, increased ultraviolet-B radiation, or long-distance transmission of chemical contaminants by wind.
Amphibians are in decline worldwide, with 2 out of every 5 species threatened by extinction, according to a paper published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature.
Habitat destruction leading to climate change offsets the balance of species keeping up with the extinction threshold leading to a higher likelihood of extinction. [ 45 ] Habitat loss is one of the main environmental causes of the decline of biodiversity on local, regional, and global scales.