A Study on Global Warming and its effect on Wildlife

Best Citation – AARTHY.G, A Study on Global Warming and its effect on Wildlife, 2 LIU 1, 2022

ABSTRACT

We have heard of a climate change risk assessment for a city, state or country, how extreme weather conditions could impact a country’s structure and economy. It is now a contemporary issue where there is such assessment done for wildlife. This is an emerging field of study, which is climate change adaptation program. The historic threats to species, like habitat destruction and over exploitation falls under this subject matter. And while addressing those threats remains vital, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we need to understand how climate change could harm the various species we’re trying to protect. It is to be noted that climate change encompasses rising average temperature, extreme weather conditions, shifting wildlife population and habitats, rising sea level and so on. It is evident that global warming can occur naturally as a result of variation in the amount of solar energy reaching earth, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that climate change of the past three decades is largely attributed to a human caused increases in greenhouse gas emissions. Global warming is affecting the Earth at an alarming rate and changes must be made to reduce these effects. Global warming has proven harmful to many of the Earth’s species. If this issue is left unattended there could be catastrophic situations which would bring unprecedented issues in this home that we live in.

Keywords: Climate change risk assessment, Greenhouse gas emissions, Global warming, Species