Climate change and human activity like overfishing and pollution is “decimating” plants and animals at sea, according to the IUCN Red List.
Nearly one in 10 marine plants and animal species are at risk of extinction according to a new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature , which found that climate change driven by human activity is a major factor and “decimating” sea life around the globe.... [+]The International Union for Conservation of Nature tracks threatened species on its Red List, the world’s most comprehensive tally on the global status of biological diversity.
One of the most affected types of marine life are abalone shellfish species, or marine snails, of which 44% included on the list arePopulations of dugongs—marine mammals related to manatees—in East Africa and New Caledonia have also been designated as critically endangered and endangered, respectively, with fewer than 250 adults left in East Africa and less than 900 in New Caledonia.
Pillar coral, which grows from the Yucatan Peninsula to across the Caribbean, has also declined by more than 80% since 1990, according to the IUCN, which named the species critically endangered. The human activity that negatively affects mammal life includes unsustainable fishing practices, illegal poaching and pollution, while climate change has contributed toThe report was released in tandem with a United Nations summit in Montreal, where U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called on countries to work together to form a new global environmental pact, warning the world must stop the “
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