Sentences with phrase «risk of extinction»

Sadly there is a possibility that this species could be at risk of extinction due to deforestation and hunting.

The African elephant is classified as «vulnerable» and is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

Approximately 20 to 30 percent of plant and animal species assessed so far are likely to be at increased risk of extinction if increases in global average temperature exceed 1.5 to 2.5 °C.

Today, it is well known that human activities put larger animals at greater risk of extinction.

Additionally, the dietary health of [Indigenous] communities is predicted to suffer as the plants and animals that make up our traditional diets could be at risk of extinction through climate change.

Different populations could still become isolated with increased risk of extinction over time.

On top of that, 800 marine species are at risk of extinction because of plastic.

Instead, in these groups around one in every four or five species is estimated to be at a heightened risk of extinction, whether they live on land or in the sea.

And yes risk assessment is important, and various species are at risk of extinction etc..

• About 20 % to 30 % of all species face a «high risk of extinction» if average global temperatures rise another 1.5 to 2.5 degrees Celsius compared to 1990 levels.

This could then put the species at a greater risk of extinction.

These threats have only been increasing since the first global assessment of bird species at risk of extinction was carried out in 1988.

Based on regional studies, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimated that 20 — 30 % of the world's species are likely to be at increasingly high risk of extinction from climate change impacts within this century if global mean temperatures exceed 2 — 3 °C above pre-industrial levels [6], while Thomas et al. [5] predicted that 15 — 37 % of species could be «committed to extinction» due to climate change by 2050.

By Bjorn Carey Elephants and other large animals face an increased risk of extinction in what Stanford Biology Professor Rodolfo Dirzo terms «defaunation.»

The study has found that Darwin's frogs are infected with the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), and despite an absence of obvious mortality researchers have noted population declines, leading them to believe that these infected populations are at a serious risk of extinction within 15 years of contracting the disease.

Barney Long, WWF's Asian Species Expert, commented that «These dolphins are at high risk of extinction by their small population size alone... with the added threats of gill net entanglement and high calf mortality, we are seriously concerned about their future.»

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report estimates that approximately 20 - 30 percent of the world's plant and animal species assessed as of 2006 are likely to be at increasingly high risk of extinction as global mean temperatures exceed a warming of 2 — 3 °C above preindustrial levels.

There is medium confidence that approximately 20 to 30 percent of species assessed so far are likely to be at increased risk of extinction if increases in global average warming exceed 1.5 to 2.5 °C (relative to 1980 to 1999).

Unfortunately, Irrawaddy dolphins are still facing great risk of extinction due to human encroachment.

«If we carry on the way that we are, we're looking at a really high risk of extinction for some of these shark species within the next few decades.»

«Lewis's Woodpecker is on the 2016 State of North America's Birds» Watch List, which includes bird species that are most at risk of extinction without significant conservation actions to reverse declines and reduce threats.»

With its very restricted geographic range of about 320 km2 located in a currently unprotected area, the yellow sea snake is at a serious risk of extinction.

Further studies should determine the size, health, and level of isolation of specific Hawaiian spinner dolphin populations to discern which ones need strict rules against human contact, Higham urges: «Priority No. 1 should be to protect them and to safeguard them from imminent risk of extinction.»

Some sports flourish remarkably from birth; others run almost perpetual risk of extinction.

The increased risk of extinction occurred because at small population sizes, as the flies spent more time being vigilant and less time eating, populations that declined could not quickly rebound.

The researchers, from the University of Exeter, showed there is a higher risk of extinction cascades when other species are not present to fill the «gap» created by the loss of a species.

Meanwhile, it is 42 % of amphibians at risk of extinction globally.

That's because temperatures tend to be uniform across uniform landscapes, he says, meaning that animals will have to migrate long distances to reach cooler locales, putting locals at greater risks of extinction during times of change.

«We determined there were enough animals that there was a low to very low risk of extinction, and in fact, most developments suggest an increasing population,» Dewar said.

Linguists have known for years that thousands of the world ¿ s languages are at grave risk of extinction.

Species that are highly attractive or different have higher risks of extinction compared to those that blend similarly with the rest, a new study finds.

Cats have contributed to the extinction of 33 species and continue to adversely impact a wide variety of other species, including those at risk of extinction such as Piping Plover.

Poachers and deforestation have left the largest feline on the planet at a critical risk of extinction.

The Zoological Society of London's Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) program»... focuses on animals that have unique evolutionary histories and face immediate risk of extinction.»

I think even a small but undeniable risk of extinction if we do nothing, outweighs a certainty that mitiagtion will be tough.

Alarmists, such as James Hansen, have claimed that 21 - 52 % of species could become extinct due to global warming, but this new paper suggests computer models have exaggerated risks of extinction by not considering species adaptation»

The polar bear isn't the only polar mammal that faces an escalating risk of extinction, the report says; penguin and seal populations also are declining.

A report from Rainforest Action Network warns that the orangutan is at severe risk of extinction within our lifetime if development continues on the same track.

Giant manta rays (Manta birostris) are considered to be «vulnerable with an elevated risk of extinction,» due to fishing pressure and growing international demand.

An international team of scientists has used the fossil record during the past 23 million years to predict which marine animals and ecosystems are at greatest risk of extinction from human impact.

«Rare coastal martens under high risk of extinction in coming decades.»

A recently discovered anaerobic fungus that is apparently specific to the hindgut of the critically endangered Somali wild ass, for example, is at risk of extinction through habitat loss before it is even formally described.

Wolfe believes that the walrus faces a real risk of extinction.

«In two of the three scenarios tested, our model predicted that medium ground finch populations on the island of Santa Cruz were declining and at risk of extinction within the next century,» the researchers conclude.

«This research is critical because one fifth of the world's vertebrates are at imminent risk of extinction,» says Robin Naidoo of WWF US, lead wildlife scientist and an affiliate of UVM's Gund Institute.

«Neonics put bumblebees at risk of extinction by hindering colony formation, study reveals: Exposure to thiamethoxam reduces the chances of a bumblebee queen starting a new colony by more than a quarter.»

They then predicted the monarch population's risk of extinction over the next several decades.