Including the closely related term trees.
… by: • burning of fossil fuels for energy • agriculture and deforestation • the manufacture of cement, chemicals and metals About 43% of the carbon dioxide produced goes into the atmosphere, and the rest is absorbed by plants and the oceans. Deforestation reduces the number of trees sequestering carbon dioxide and releases the carbon contained in those trees back…
… will increase the vulnerability of many species to climate change and may lead to the extinction of entire species. Even with smaller amounts of warming many species will be placed at greater risk. The animals and plants most at risk will be those: • have no new habitats to move to; • can’t move quickly to new habitats; • are already under threat from other factors…