Sentences with phrase «species facing extinction»

He was a great ambassador for his species and will be remembered for the work he did to raise awareness globally of the plight facing not only rhinos, but also the many thousands of other species facing extinction as a result of unsustainable human activity.

Earlier today we posted about how bad things were for sharks, with up to 200 millions of them getting killed each year and many of their 350 species facing extinction.

Michele Raffin — founder and CEO of Pandemonium Aviaries, a Northern California conservation organization dedicated to saving birds — recounts how rescuing an injured dove she spotted on the side of the road some 15 years ago launched her on the long, winding road she traveled moving Pandemonium from seat - of - the - pants rescue operation to internationally prominent breeding facility for avian species facing extinction due to the destruction of their natural habitat.

We'll be one of the species facing extinction.»

The orangutan is only one of a number of species facing extinction as a result of deforestation.

Between 20 to 30 % of plant and animal species face extinction by the end of the century, according to the IPCC report.

The Sampled Red List Index for Plants indicates that 22 per cent of all wild plant species face extinction, comparable to the figure for mammals (21 per cent) and higher than that for birds (12 per cent).

A recent, comprehensive survey, presented at the same conference as the news of the gorilla census, indicates that more than half of primate species face extinction.

Stern actually wrote: «Ecosystems will be particularly vulnerable to climate change, with one study estimating that around 15 — 40 % of species face extinction with 2 °C of warming.»

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Reflect for a moment on a few familiar facts: The endangered wildlife list now stands at a record 101 species in the United States — mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles facing extinction.

Species extinction, forest destruction and climate change are some of the greatest challenges facing our generation.

«There are a lot of fish species or populations facing extinction because of environment destruction and overharvesting,» says marine bioscientist Goro Yoshizaki, who led the effort.

If climate changes proceed as expected, one in six species could face extinction.

Among other examples of local and regional tipping points are the rapid collapse of coral reefs in the face of rising ocean acidity and the transformation of ecosystems by the extinction of a dominant species, or the introduction of a new one.

But today, Africa's rhinos once again are facing extinction, despite a 1977 ban on the selling of rhino parts by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

The Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma darwinii) is the latest amphibian species to face extinction due to the global chytridiomycosis pandemic, according to an international study published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B.

Faced with a variety of threats, from disease to habitat loss, about half of the world's roughly 7,000 species of amphibian are threatened with extinction — and more than 250 of those species haven't been seen since the turn of this century.

The study found that a rapidly warming climate would cause many species to expand into new regions, which would impact on native species, while others with restricted ranges, particularly those around the tropics, are more likely to face extinction.

The findings come after UEA research revealed that up to half of all plant and animal species in the world's most naturally rich areas could face local extinction by the turn of the century due to climate change if carbon emissions continue to rise unchecked.

The Red List Index, which keeps tabs on threatened organisms, showed that these species face an increased risk of extinction.

«Half of all Amazonian tree species may face extinction.»

Up to half of plant and animal species in the world's most naturally rich areas, such as the Amazon and the Galapagos, could face local extinction by the turn of the century due to climate change if carbon emissions continue to rise unchecked.

«Until now, we assumed that it is primarily the specialists among the insects, i.e., animals that depend on a specific habitat, that are threatened with extinction,» explains Professor Dr. Thomas Schmitt, director of the Senckenberg German Entomological Institute in Müncheberg, and he continues, «In our recent study, we were able to show that even so - called «ubiquitous species» will be facing massive threats in the future.»

«We're facing a growing crisis of species extinction, not just with monarchs,» said Norris, co-author of the new paper.

This species faces a high risk of extinction due to its isolation and tiny population size — it could potentially become the first ape species to be wiped out by human activity.

The loggerhead sea turtle is listed as threatened (likely to become endangered, in danger of extinction, within the foreseeable future) under the U.S. Federal Endangered Species Act and internationally it is listed as endangered (facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Australia has one of the highest rates of animal species that face extinction, decline or negative impacts from human behavior in the world.

Studying how ecosystems respond and adapt to changes can help us understand what will happen in the face of species extinction due to human encroachment and climate change.

A new study of amphibians argues that growing smaller to take up less resources won't always help a species avoid extinction in the face of a shrinking habitat, climate change, and disease.

Up to 30 percent of plant and animal species could face extinction if the global average temperature rises more than roughly 3 to 5 °C.

Scientists have become increasingly concerned about threats to bees in recent years, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature stating in March that 10 % of Europe's native wild species could soon face extinction.

Every species adapts through the generations to survive in its habitat, or else it faces extinction.

According to experts, more than a third of species are facing extinction and an estimated 60 percent of the earth's ecosystems have been degraded in the last 50 years.

On December 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act of 1973, a law in which the United States «pledged itself, as a sovereign state in the international community, to conserve to the extent practicable the various species of fish or wildlife and plants facing extinction.Species Act of 1973, a law in which the United States «pledged itself, as a sovereign state in the international community, to conserve to the extent practicable the various species of fish or wildlife and plants facing extinction.species of fish or wildlife and plants facing extinction.»

-- quoted in New York Magazine «The result [of the 2008 financial crisis] will be a «Darwinian» environment (only the fittest will survive), and the retail species will have to adapt or face extinction.

Australia's bid to wage war against cats has everything to do with efforts to preserve dozens of its native species that authorities say face extinction due to the predatory behavior of the cats, among them the golden bandicoot, the numbat and the mountain pygmy - possum.

Regardless, both of these species are facing extinction and endangered, respectively.

They've also tried to test the greenhouse value of the Endangered Species Act by asserting that wildlife including several sea turtle species and, of course, polar bears faced extinction through global wSpecies Act by asserting that wildlife including several sea turtle species and, of course, polar bears faced extinction through global wspecies and, of course, polar bears faced extinction through global warming.

In the face of manifest climate change, the imminence of peak oil and peak natural gas, the increasing extinction of species, the pollution of the oceans and their consequent dead zones, and the population of the world continuing to grow, to see our pattern of consumption beyond our basic needs continuing... well it's quite disheartening.

Using the single - species, or «climate envelope,» approach, researchers have predicted that 15 percent to 37 percent of species will be faced with extinction by 2050.

The dozen most common shark species in the fin trade all face extinction.

All the more ironic is that in counseling us to «respect the facts», he should made several further errors of fact, not least in his translation of «Nullius in Verba», but also in his statement of fact that» 15 — 40 per cent of species potentially facing extinction after only 2 °C of warming», omitting the fact that this is aworst - case scenario predicted by just a single study.

Those species, and in some cases, entire ecosystems, that can not quickly migrate or adapt, face extinction.

The best solution for conservationists was to use captive breeding wherever vulnerable species faced imminent extinction.

If ocean acidification continues at the current rate, many species at the bottom of the food chain, as well as corals, could face extinction.

The IPCC assessment states that up to two billion people worldwide will face water shortages and up to 30 per cent of plant and animal species would be put at risk of extinction if the average rise in temperature stabilises at 1.5 C to 2.5 C.

Some species in semi-enclosed seas such as the Wadden Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, also face higher risk of local extinction because land boundaries around those bodies of water will make it difficult for those species to move laterally to escape waters that may be too warm.

He quotes Sir Nicholas Stern's report on the economics of climate change to demonstrate that global warming will devastate species diversity: «Ecosystems will be particularly vulnerable to climate change, with around 15 — 40 per cent of species potentially facing extinction after only 2 °C of warming.»

By 2005, the country faces the loss of all lowland forest from Sumatra, and thus the extinction of the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan, among many other species.