Climate change is causing habitat loss and disrupting ecosystems, forcing animals to move, changing the timing of biological events, increasing competition and predation, and making wildlife more vulnerable to diseases and invasive species. These impacts biodiversity and ecosystem stability.
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Habitat loss:
Animals losing their homes because of climate changing and not finding new places to live. For example, polar bears losing ice where they hunt for food.
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Animals moving:
Some animals moving to cooler places because of warming temperatures, which can make it hard for them to find food and shelter. For example, birds flying to different areas for winter.
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Changes in when animals do things:
Animals doing things like having babies, migrating, or flowers blooming at different times than usual because of warmer weather. For example, butterflies laying eggs earlier in the year.
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More competition and danger:
Animals going to new places and meeting new animals they have to fight for food or avoid getting eaten by. For example, native species having trouble surviving because new predators are hunting them.
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Diseases and bad species becoming a problem:
More diseases and non-native plants and animals invading new areas because of climate change, which can make it hard for native species to survive. For example, frogs getting sick because of a new fungus.
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