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24 kwi 2019 · As the world's average temperatures creep higher, marine animals are far more vulnerable to extinctions than their earthbound counterparts, according to a new analysis of more than 400 cold ...
16 sty 2015 · Marine defaunation, or human-caused animal loss in the oceans, emerged forcefully only hundreds of years ago, whereas terrestrial defaunation has been occurring far longer. Though humans have caused few global marine extinctions, we have profoundly affected marine wildlife, altering the functioning and provisioning of services in every ocean.
9 gru 2022 · Over 1,550 of the 17,903 marine animals and plants assessed are at risk of extinction, with climate change impacting at least 41% of threatened marine species. “Today’s IUCN Red List update reveals a perfect storm of unsustainable human activity decimating marine life around the globe.
The loss of marine biodiversity is weakening the ocean ecosystem and its ability to withstand disturbances, to adapt to climate change and to play its role as a global ecological and climate regulator.
12 lis 2021 · Coral reefs are under relentless stress from myriad global and local issues, including climate change, declining water quality, overfishing, pollution and unsustainable coastal development.
16 sty 2015 · The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has found that since the year 1500, human activity has cause the extinction of 514 animal species — from the passenger pigeon and thylacine to the great auk and the quagga.
9 maj 2023 · The number of reported marine extinctions during the past 500 years stands between 20 and 24 species across all marine groups, from algae to mammals (Table 1). Such low numbers of extinctions casts doubt on the claim of an ongoing mass extinction in the oceans.
