Summary by Charles Clark
Link to article:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
As it was said on April 30th, scientists at the University of Connecticut have figured out that a certain percentage of species will become extinct due to mass global temperature changes that could happen through the years. As Mark Urban explains in the article, that his study predicts that 3 percent species extinction rate rate based on current conditions. For example, if the earth warms another 3 degrees Celsius, than the extinction rates rises to 8.5 percent. Then soon by the year 2100, the extinction risk will rise up to 16 percent if this type of temperature change will still continue. According to Urban's studies, these effects of climate change have centered on North America and Europe. Although the Southern parts of the world such as South America, Australia, and New Zealand are at greatest risk for species loss. This is because those continents have unique climate ranges and many of the species their can only survive in that type of range. This topic centers around the biosphere because it deals with species becoming extinct and for some of them down south they are considered specialist species because they can only with stand that one climate range. This would also include the affects of climate change that affects the biosphere as well.
Question for Partner:
What can we do to save the species from extinction before the extinction risk gets to a higher percentage by 2100?
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