Global Warming Kills Species, Endangers Humans – Scientists

Global warming may now be the largest cause of soaring rates of species extinctions, which threaten the global ecosystems that sustain life on Earth, scientists say.

The rapidly warming polar regions are a prime example, said Jeffrey McNeely, chief scientist for IUCN-the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The melting ice and permafrost are changing the habitat Arctic species need to survive, Mc Neely told IPS in advance of International Day for Biological Diversity, which falls on May 22.

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