(par 7.3.5.1) CAUSES & IMPACTS – Are walrus at risk from climate change
Are walrus at risk from climate change? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/03/walrus-alaska-beach-climate-change-arctic-ice By Karl Mathiesen @karlmathiesen Thirty-five thousand walrus on a beach in Alaska, rolling in filth and the carcasses of their kin, have become the unwitting new poster children for climate change. Within hours of newspapers covering the striking photographs, the walrus and their reason for being on that […]
(par 7.3.5.1) CAUSES & IMPACTS – Africa – Growth, Global Warming Threaten African Species
Growth, Global Warming Threaten African Species https://www.voanews.com/a/growth-global-warming-threaten-african-species-chimpanzees/1962789.html By Moki Edwin Kindzeka YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Researchers meeting in Cameroon say Africa may lose up to 30 percent of its animal and plant species by the end of the century due to global warming, population growth and unregulated development. The researchers from 20 African, American and European […]
(par 7.3.5.1) CAUSES & IMPACTS – 9 ways we know humans caused climate change
9 ways we know humans caused climate change https://www.edf.org/climate/9-ways-we-know-humans-triggered-climate-change By Ilissa Ocko, Climate Scientist Most Americans recognize climate change, but some are still unsure about its causes. Tens of thousands of scientists in more than a hundred nations have amassed an overwhelming amount of evidence pointing to a clear conclusion: Humans are the main cause of climate […]