Animals Extinct due to climate change

This is evidence that we’re pushing the earth to a place where it has either never been or hasn’t been for a very, very long time. Australia, New Zealand, and South America are among the hardest hit as rising temperatures could drive the extinction of one in six species worldwide

One in six species could disappear as the climate warms over the next century, with animals and plants in South America particularly hard hit while those in North America  would face the lowest risk, according to a major new analysis published Thursday, .

With naturally small populations of native species in its tropical rainforests and mountains, South America could see extinction rates more than four times higher than those in the United States and Canada, according to the study published in the journal Science.