Freshwater fish highlight escalating climate impacts on . . . Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 11 December 2023 (IUCN) – Climate change threatens a growing number of species, from Atlantic salmon to green turtles, today’s update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ reveals The update, released at the COP28 UN climate conference in the United Arab Emirates, also includes the first global freshwater fish assessment, and highlights the impact of
The number of tree species on Earth - PNAS Here, based on global ground-sourced data, we estimate the total tree species richness at global, continental, and biome levels Our results indicate that there are ∼73,000 tree species globally, among which ∼9,000 tree species are yet to be discovered Roughly 40% of undiscovered tree species are in South America
Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Reduction Study: Report To Congress Along the way, these roads cross through the habitat of many native wildlife species When these paths intersect, collisions can occur, and in greater numbers than most people realize Based on the results of this study, there are an estimated one to two million collisions between cars and large animals every year in the United States
10 Animals Threatened by Climate Change - Earth Day Every species worldwide is impacted by climate change Rising temperatures and sea levels, less rain and more droughts By 2100, an estimated 50% of all the world’s species could go extinct because of climate change Bumblebees are impacted by climate change in two related ways: Rising temperatures force populations northward to remain in cool climates […]
Issue 6: Conservation of Native Biodiversity Although thousands of Hawaiian species have yet to be described, the estimated number of native species is thought to include more than 14,000 terrestrial, 100 freshwater, and 6,500 marine taxa For more than 70 million years, the evolution of new species vastly exceeded losses to extinction
Roadkill Literally ‘Drives’ Some Species to Extinction In 2020 Clara Grilo of the University of Aveiro in Portugal and her colleagues pulled together data from 90 European roadkill surveys and concluded that, on Europe’s roads, 194 million birds and