Some of the major key impacts that global warming has had in the world are on wildlife. Where in the environment animals have spent over millions of years and have adapted to shift quickly. For example ice caps melting away into water in which the polar bears have lived for years.
Beyond the different environment changing, many scientists agree that the problem is being cause by global warming. Many birds have changed their patterns of migration and reproductive habits to better adapt to the different weather change.
Some of the wildlife species hardest hit so far by global warming include caribou (reindeer), arctic foxes, toads, polar bears, penguins, gray wolves, tree swallows, painted turtles and salmon. The group fears that unless we take decisive steps to reverse global warming, more and more species will join the list of wildlife populations pushed to the brink of extinction by a changing climate.
Since the climate change has altered food availability for migratory species; birds arrive on schedule to find their food sources--insects, seeds, flowering plants--have hatched or bloomed too early or not at all.
Often overlooked, just as important as the many ways in which our climate is changing, it is changing so fast and therefore the need to address global warming is strongly encouraged. Species may not be able to adapt to this rapid climate change or to move fast enough to more suitable areas as their current areas become less suitable for them. Unless major action is taken now, global warming will likely become the single most important factor to affect wildlife since the emergence of mankind.
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