Climate change now threatens thousands of species on Earth

Category : Climate Change | Location : International  | Posted on 2025-05-23 05:26:54

In the last decade, report after report has warned that the Arctic is heating up faster than ever, cities are scorching, the Amazon is blazing, boreal forests are shrinking and the oceans are simmering — all because of human-caused climate change (How do we know? Here’s an evidence-based tool that tells us how much our emissions contribute to each of these). As ecosystems morph on a heating planet, the biodiversity they harbor — the fish, the birds, the mammals and billions of invertebrates — also faces the wrath of climate change. But where does climate change rank among the host of threats wildlife face today?

Source: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/climate-change-now-threatens-thousands-of-species-on-earth/