The African penguin is suffering from the severe effects of climate change. In order to ensure their survival, this species is migrating across seas to seek out a more favoring environment. As sea temperatures rise, these penguins are struggling to find a sufficient, consistent source of fish to prey on. The salinity and temperatures of their previous environment is reaching levels that cannot sustain their preys' lives, hence their lives. Studies have proven that this specie's breeding rate has decreased by 50%. When these birds migrate to other areas, there is no guarantee that they will discover a region that will meet their ecological needs.
These African penguins are just another example of what humans have caused with the creation of industrialization. As technology continues and living standards continue to grow, statistics are showing society that the environment cannot sustain its life much longer if greenhouse gases continue to be emitted at this rate. www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4208534/Climate-change-kill-endangered-penguin-species.html
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Residents among the Pacific Islands are facing the effects of climate change, but are learning to adapt to these changes. As sea levels rise, threatening islanders' homes, water sources that are being contaminated with salt water, and destroying crops, these residents are enduring these consequences because they are not willing to leave their native land. Climate change is also causing coral reef bleaching and cyclones to form, one of which hit Fiji. In order to adapt to these changes, one community that contains 350 residents built a wall 5 meters in height to prevent the rising sea from destroying their land. It astonishes me how resilient these islanders are, the commitment they are sustaining to their native land has driven them to adapt to the climate change caused by developing communities. The conditions these residents face are an endangerment to their entire community, which is why global action must be enacted to prevent the furthering damage of communities by greenhouse gases. www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/02/climate-change-pacific-islands/ |
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