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Many vanishing species only can survive with coastal and island habitats. Rising level of oceans and severe storm surges are swamping away inhabitable wetlands and beaches along the coast (Center for Biological Diversity p.1) which threatens these already endangered animals.
According to the research from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, rising sea level due to climate change is threatening 233 endangered species in the United States. (Center for Biological Diversity p.1)
According to the research from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, rising sea level due to climate change is threatening 233 endangered species in the United States. (Center for Biological Diversity p.1)
Top 5 Most Threatened Species
1. Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel
Another 6 feet rise in sea level would make half of the fox squirrels nowhere to live. This is likely to happen in this century. (Centre for Biological Diversity, 2013) 2. Hawaiian monk seal
Key breeding beaches of monk seals are disappearing due to sea level rise. (Centre for Biological Diversity, 2013) |
3. Loggerhead sea turtle
Sea level rise is a serious threat to loggerhead sea turtles’ nesting places. 42% of their habitat would be inundated if sea level keeps rising for another 1.5 feet. (Centre for Biological Diversity, 2013) 4. Western snowy plover
Almost half of western snowy plovers’ habitat on West Coast beach are less than 6 feet above current sea level. (Centre for Biological Diversity, 2013) |
5. Key Deer
86% of islands used by the key deer are no more than 3 feet higher than current sea level. (Centre for Biological Diversity, 2013) |
Bai, Lu 2015, Current population of Top 5 Species Most At Risk, Piktochart Infographics
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Rising Seas Threaten Wildlife
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Reference:
1. Centre for Biological Diversity. 2013. Deadly Waters – How Rising Seas Threaten 233 Endangered Species. Centre for Biological
Diversity.
<http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/sealevel_rise/pdfs/Sea_Level_Rise_Report_2013_web.pdf>
2. Center for Biological Diversity, 2013, Rising Seas Threaten Wildlife, video recording, YouTube, Viewed August 2015
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqdLrkAlcHE>
Diversity.
<http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/sealevel_rise/pdfs/Sea_Level_Rise_Report_2013_web.pdf>
2. Center for Biological Diversity, 2013, Rising Seas Threaten Wildlife, video recording, YouTube, Viewed August 2015
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqdLrkAlcHE>
Image Reference:
1. Meade, Larry, n.d., Delmarva Peninsula Fox Squirrel, Sciurus niger cinereus, Chincoteague NWR, VA
2. USFWS and NOAA. 2010. Proposed Listing of Nine Distinct Population Segments of Loggerhead Sea Turtles as Endangered or
Threatened; Proposed Rule. 75 FR 12598-12656.
3. Maddock, Sindey, n.d., Western Snowy Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus
4. USFWS. 2010. Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavinum) 5-year Review: Summary and Evaluation. U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, South Florida Ecological Services Office. Viewed August 2015
<http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc3275.pdf.>
2. USFWS and NOAA. 2010. Proposed Listing of Nine Distinct Population Segments of Loggerhead Sea Turtles as Endangered or
Threatened; Proposed Rule. 75 FR 12598-12656.
3. Maddock, Sindey, n.d., Western Snowy Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus
4. USFWS. 2010. Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavinum) 5-year Review: Summary and Evaluation. U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, South Florida Ecological Services Office. Viewed August 2015
<http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc3275.pdf.>