Global warming and people suffer more from marine fauna than land inhabitants

A recent study by American scientists showed that marine life is much more vulnerable to climate change and human impact than animal land. Paleontologists, comparing the number and rate of extinction of species over the past 500 years, found that on land this process is not so pronounced, while in the seas and oceans more than 50% of all species experienced a significant reduction in habitat.

The rapid decline in the number of marine species is even more wary, given the fact that official science has found a far from complete list of all the inhabitants of the seas. A number of experts are sure that the rate of extinction of marine life is so high that humanity risks finding out about the existence of various modern species only as a result of paleontological excavations.

Watch the video: How does climate change affect animals? Global Ideas (May 2024).