Editing Extinction (section)

=== Climate change ===
{{Main|Extinction risk from climate change}}
{{See also|Effect of climate change on plant biodiversity|Effects of climate change on marine mammals}}

Extinction as a result of [[climate change]] has been confirmed by fossil studies.<ref name="SahneyBentonFalconLang 2010RainforestCollapse">{{cite journal |url=http://geology.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/38/12/1079 |last1=Sahney |first1=S. |last2=Benton |first2=M.J. |last3=Falcon-Lang |first3=H.J. |year=2010 |title=Rainforest collapse triggered Pennsylvanian tetrapod diversification in Euramerica |journal=Geology |doi=10.1130/G31182.1 |volume=38 |pages=1079–1082 |format=PDF |issue=12 |bibcode=2010Geo....38.1079S |access-date=28 August 2011 |archive-date=11 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011144357/http://geology.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/38/12/1079 |url-status=live}}</ref> Particularly, the extinction of amphibians during the [[Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse]], 305&nbsp;million years ago.<ref name="SahneyBentonFalconLang 2010RainforestCollapse" /> A 2003 review across 14 biodiversity research centers predicted that, because of climate change, 15–37% of land species would be "committed to extinction" by 2050.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=Chris D. |last2=Cameron |first2=Alison |last3=Green |first3=Rhys E. |last4=Bakkenes |first4=Michel |last5=Beaumont |first5=Linda J. |last6=Collingham |first6=Yvonne C. |last7=Erasmus |first7=Barend F. N. |last8=de Siqueira |first8=Marinez Ferreira |last9=Grainger |first9=Alan |last10=Hannah |first10=Lee |last11=Hughes |first11=Lesley |last12=Huntley |first12=Brian |last13=van Jaarsveld |first13=Albert S. |last14=Midgley |first14=Guy F. |last15=Miles |first15=Lera |last16=Ortega-Huerta |first16=Miguel A. |last17=Townsend Peterson |first17=A. |last18=Phillips |first18=Oliver L. |last19=Williams |first19=Stephen E. |title=Extinction risk from climate change |journal=Nature |date=January 2004 |volume=427 |issue=6970 |pages=145–148 |doi=10.1038/nature02121 |pmid=14712274 |bibcode=2004Natur.427..145T |s2cid=969382 |url=https://pure.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/733227/Thomas%26Cameron_Extinctions_Cover%26Article_Nature_2004.pdf |access-date=30 November 2019 |archive-date=29 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429130413/https://pure.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/733227/Thomas%26Cameron_Extinctions_Cover%26Article_Nature_2004.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Bhattacharya">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4545-global-warming-threatens-millions-of-species.html |title=Global warming threatens millions of species |date=7 January 2004 |magazine=[[New Scientist]] |access-date=2010-05-28 |last=Bhattacharya |first=Shaoni |quote=the effects of climate change should be considered as great a threat to biodiversity as the "Big Three"—[[habitat destruction]], [[Invasive species|invasions by alien species]] and overexploitation by humans. |archive-date=21 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421082210/http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4545-global-warming-threatens-millions-of-species.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The ecologically rich areas that would potentially suffer the heaviest losses include the [[Cape Floristic Region]] and the [[Caribbean Basin]]. These areas might see a doubling of present carbon dioxide levels and rising temperatures that could eliminate 56,000 plant and 3,700 animal species.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Handwerk |first1=Brian |last2=Hendwerk |first2=Brian |title=Global Warming Could Cause Mass Extinctions by 2050, Study Says |publisher=National Geographic News |date=April 2006 |url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0412_060412_global_warming.html |access-date=27 October 2017 |archive-date=12 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612161507/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0412_060412_global_warming.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> Climate change has also been found to be a factor in [[habitat loss]] and [[desertification]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gibbon |first1=J. Whitfield |last2=Scott |first2=David E. |last3=Ryan |first3=Travis J. |last4=Buhlmann |first4=Kurt A. |last5=Tuberville |first5=Tracey D. |last6=Metts |first6=Brian S. |last7=Greene |first7=Judith L. |last8=Mills |first8=Tony |last9=Leiden |first9=Yale |last10=Poppy |first10=Sean |last11=Winne |first11=Christopher T. |title=The Global Decline of Reptiles, Déjà Vu Amphibians |journal=BioScience |date=2000 |volume=50 |issue=8 |pages=653 |doi=10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0653:TGDORD]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=12094030 |url=https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/facsch_papers/536 |access-date=14 July 2019 |archive-date=13 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213114220/https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/facsch_papers/536/ |url-status=live}}</ref>