Treehugger.com has a very unique post about how climate change is affecting other animal species. While I believe the argument needed to convince other humans about the need to do something to mitigate human impact and prepare for the coming changes lies in showing them the impacts to humans, it is important to remember that there are other living things on this planet. This planet has been home to millions of different species over a span of 2 billion years, and the modern human species has only been around for about 300,000 of those years.
Plants and animals have been dealing with slow and small, large and sudden changes for hundreds of millions - even billions - of years. To not recognize the plight that we are putting them under now, and to not understand the effects it will have on future life on the planet, is to deny biological life its place in the universe. Biological life has survived some of the toughest conditions this planet and space could throw at it, but can it survive one of its own members? I invite you to follow the link to the Treehugger site and read the short list with examples of how climate change is impacting other forms of life.
Plants and animals have been dealing with slow and small, large and sudden changes for hundreds of millions - even billions - of years. To not recognize the plight that we are putting them under now, and to not understand the effects it will have on future life on the planet, is to deny biological life its place in the universe. Biological life has survived some of the toughest conditions this planet and space could throw at it, but can it survive one of its own members? I invite you to follow the link to the Treehugger site and read the short list with examples of how climate change is impacting other forms of life.
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