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The baiji (Lipotes vexillifer), is a probably extinct species of freshwater dolphin native to the Yangtze river system in China. It is thought to be the first dolphin species driven to extinction due to the impact of humans. This dolphin is listed as "critically endangered: possibly extinct" by the IUCN, has not been seen in 20 years, and ...
Researchers found an increase in common dolphin sightings in the English Channel and Hebrides, and a decline in white-beaked dolphins in the Hebrides. Human impact on ocean increasing pressure on ...
[100] [101] According to the IPCC 2019 Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, the viability of species is being disrupted throughout the ocean food web due to changes in ocean chemistry. As the ocean warms, mixing between water layers decreases, resulting in less oxygen and nutrients being available for marine life. [102]
Fewer vessels will be required to reduce their speed, which is likely to contribute to the extinction of the North Atlantic right whale, a species that is vulnerable to extinction and classified ...
A similar dark and unfortunate fate is happening to dolphins, and climate change is likely responsible. According to research published this month in the journal Scientific Reports, coastal ...
The Bramble Cay melomys, thought to be the first mammal species to go extinct due to the impacts of climate change [9] A 2013 paper looked at 12 900 islands in the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia which host over 3000 vertebrates, and how they would be affected by sea level rise of 1, 3 and 6 meters (with the last two levels not anticipated ...
After demands were made by wildlife activists for a project to save dolphins in India, Project Dolphin was launched as an Indian government initiative to conserve both riverine and oceanic dolphin species in 2021. [1] [2] It was announced on 15 August 2020 during the 74th independence day celebrations by then Indian prime minister Narendra Modi ...
The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) [3] is a species of humpback dolphin inhabiting coastal waters of the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans. [4] This species is often referred to as the Chinese white dolphin in mainland China, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan as a common name.