Many plant + animal species unlikely to survive climate change
A report,
Extinction Risk From Climate Change, summarised in a
paper for
Nature, has calculated that the survival of
millions of species is threatened by levels of climate change likely to occur by the year 2050.
This analyses of six biodiversity-rich regions, including
Europe, Brazil + Costa Rica, suggests that
15–37% of a sample of
1,103 land plants + animals from will eventually become extinct as a result of climate changes expected by 2050.
Some of these species will
no longer have anywhere suitable to live while others will be
unable to reach places where the climate is suitable.
If extrapolated to include other areas of the world the number of species that could be lost
may be in the millions...
See here for a summary of some of the
species at risk in different regions of the world.
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