- Animals and also plants that are suited to living in colder climates will need to move towards higher grounds and polewards, even with just a slight change in temperature.
-This has already been witnessed in places like the Alps, Australia and parts of Costa Rica
-Certain species of fish have been seen moving northwards from where they were originally found.
-A rise in sea levels of just 50cm could cause sea turtles to lose their nesting beaches, and also affect the sea turtle population, as ground temperature affects the gender of the eggs.
-A lot of migratory species have been affected by global warming, as they instinctively know when to migrate from the change in seasons, but as temperatures change this confuses them.
-This also applies to plants to sprout at certain times of year, they either appear at the wrong time and subsequently die out, or they don't appear at all.
-This lack of plantlife also affects hibernating species, as when the animal awakens, their is no food for them to eat, because the plantlife has sprouted at the wrong time or hasn't sprouted at all.
-Global warming also creates severe droughts, as the atmosphere sucks all the moisture from the ground, destroying habitats are water dwelling species and animals that rely on these sources of water to survive.
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