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PARIS, April 9 Unless nations dramatically improve on carbon cutting pledges made under the 2015 Paris climate treaty, the planet’s richest concentrations of animal and plant life will be irreversibly ravaged by global warming, scientists warned today.
An analysis of 8,000 published risk assessments for species showed a high danger for extinction in nearly 300 biodiversity “hot spots”, on land and in the sea, if temperatures rise three degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, they reported in the journal Biological Conservation.
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Biodiversity hot spots devastated in warming world
So-called endemic species - plants and animals found only in certain zones - will be hit hardest in a warming world. (Photo: AFP/Cindy Ord)
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PARIS: Unless nations dramatically improve on carbon cutting pledges made under the 2015 Paris climate treaty, the planet s richest concentrations of animal and plant life will be irreversibly ravaged by global warming, scientists on warned Friday (Apr 9).
An analysis of 8,000 published risk assessments for species showed a high danger for extinction in nearly 300 biodiversity hot spots , on land and in the sea, if temperatures rise three degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, they reported in the journal Biological Conservation.
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Paris, April 9 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Apr, 2021 ) :Unless nations dramatically improve on carbon cutting pledges made under the 2015Paris climate treaty, the planet s richest concentrations of animal and plant life will be irreversibly ravaged by global warming, scientists warned Friday.
An analysis of 8,000 published risk assessments for species showed a high danger for extinction in nearly 300 biodiversity hot spots , on land and in the sea, if temperatures rise three degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, they reported in the journal Biological Conservation.
Earth s surface has heated up 1C so far, and the ParisAgreement enjoins nations to cap warming at well below 2C, and 1.5C if possible.
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Unless nations dramatically improve on carbon cutting pledges made under the 2015 Paris climate treaty, the planet s richest concentrations of animal and plant life will be irreversibly ravaged by global warming, scientists warned yesterday.
An analysis of 8,000 published risk assessments for species showed a high danger for extinction in nearly 300 biodiversity hot spots , on land and in the sea, if temperatures rise three degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, they reported in the journal Biological Conservation.
Earth s surface has heated up 1C so far, and the Paris Agreement enjoins nations to cap warming at well below 2C, and 1.5C if possible.