Climate Change is Here - Just Ask The Arctic Fox
The world isfacing a huge climate issue as the earth continues to overheat. And along with this overheating planetcomes the question of the survival of animals and plants. Many will have to adapt to globalwarming and based on how quickly climate change is evolving, the possibilityfor some of these species to adapt in the same amount of time is nearlyimpossible.
It would befalse to believe that there is not a species that has adapted to past climatefluctuations, yet the rate of adaptation is extremely slow. With the rate that climate change isevolving now, it is expected to be dramatically warmer by the end of thecentury.
“Global temperatures are going torise by about four degrees over the next 100 years as predicted by the IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change,” states Professor John Wiens, University of Arizona (The Guardian).
Most landanimals will not be able to evolve so quickly to adapt to this dramatic change,thus: many species face extinction. For many species, simply evolving to match the new conditions ofglobal warming may not be an option. Moving habitat for many of these speciesis also not an option.
Though manyseem to believe that climate change is not an issue for much of the planet’swildlife, there is a lot at stake for these creatures. Not only is there are melting icecaps,rising sea levels, and extremely drastic temperatures at stake, the speed atwhich these are occurring is inconceivable. This transformation is not so far away as we may think andwe are the ones creating this transformation.
Let’s keepin mind what is at stake: much of today’s wildlife.