ENDANGERED ANIMAL SPECIES
In the Map of endangered species drawn up by WWF there are polar bears, penguins, right whales and snow leopards but also ibexes, amphibians, alpine finches and even the white fir, the typical Christmas tree of northern regions, all species that are suffering as never before from the increase in temperature and other effects of climate change.
Its maximum extent has been shrinking at a rate of 3% every 10 years. In addition to the many complex consequences for the climate system, everything becomes difficult for white bears as they need ice surface both to dig their dens and to stalk prey.
Also in the polar area, this time in Antarctica, 75% of the population of Adelia penguins could disappear if the temperatures of the globe will increase of 2°. Estimates published in Nature by authoritative ecologists tell us that we risk losing up to 70% of the species of migratory passerines in Australia and the tropics due to climate change, while the panda itself, although in slight recovery in numbers, is threatened by the changing climate, as it depends closely on bamboo forests.
The most affected environments are those of the cold, from the poles to the alpine peaks (in the Alps we have lost 40% of the surface of the glaciers in the last 40 years) and Himalayan (at great risk the snow leopard),
But the animal class most affected is that of amphibians, such as the yellow-bellied toad: because of their complex life cycles that take place between land and fresh water, where droughts and rainfall patterns are felt, 33% of these species is included in the IUCN red list. In cheetahs, rising temperatures have caused a marked reduction in male fertility.
