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Climate change may push a sixth of species to extinction, with Australia a focus [1]

Climate change could drive up to a sixth of animals and plants on Earth to extinction unless governments cut rising greenhouse gas emissions, according to a US study published on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2015
Age (Australia) [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Climate Impacts [4], Biodiversity [5], Green House Gases [6], Extinct Species [7], Australia [8], New Zealand [9], Heat Waves [10], Droughts [11], Sea Level Rise [12]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/age-australia
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extinct-species
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/australia
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/new-zealand
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heat-waves
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/droughts
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sea-level-rise