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Furthermore, climate change may cause ecological disruption among interacting species, via changes in behaviour and phenology, or via climate niche mismatch. [9] For example, climate change can cause species to move in different directions, potentially disrupting their interactions with each other. [10] [11]
In addition, climate change impacts oceanic currents and sea levels, further altering fish distributions and habitats. Furthermore, ocean acidification , resulting from increased CO2 levels, compromises the ability of shellfish and corals to form shells and skeletons, further endangering marine ecosystems and the communities that depend on them.
Climate change is likely to favour some invasive species and harm others, [161] but few authors have identified specific consequences of climate change for invasive species. [ 162 ] Invasive species and other disturbances have become more common in forests in the last several decades.
Animal-derived food plays a larger role in meeting human protein needs, yet is still a minority of supply at 39%, with crops providing the rest. [80]: 746–747 Out of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, only SSP1 offers any realistic possibility of meeting the 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) target. [81]
Deforestation causes many threats to wildlife as it not only causes habitat destruction for the many animals that survive in forests, as more than 80% of the world's species live in forests but also leads to further climate change. [8] Deforestation is a main concern in the tropical forests of the world.
Asbestos kitchen tiles turned to dust, cars burned to their frames. The lack of rain this winter played a significant role in allowing the Palisades Fire to grow so big, so fast.
Endangered species facing the threat of extinction due to climate change. Including threats from the effects of global warming. Subcategories.
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.