PARIS: Global warming could place 25 to 50 percent of species in the Amazon, Madagascar and other biodiverse areas at risk of localised extinction within decades, a report said Wednesday. The team looked at the impact of climate change on nearly 80,000 terrestrial plant, mammal, bird, amphibian, and reptile species. Warming of 3.2 C would place about 37 percent of species in Priority Places at risk of local extinction, said a WWF statement. Limiting warming to 2 C would enable many species to continue inhabiting the areas they currently occupy, according to the report. And if animals can move freely – not constrained by roads, fences, or human settlements – the proportion of species at extinction risk at warming of 2 C drops from 25 to 20 percent.

Source: New Strait Times March 14, 2018 02:37 UTC