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WildLife and Global Climate Change

The Eastern Seaboard’s Cape May warbler has shifted its range to the north, and if the trend continues, in a century there will be no more Baltimore orioles in Baltimore.

It was the most shocking picture in the recent times that half of the Gateway of India will be submerged under water in 2020.

The Gangas in the banaras looked likes a village with the Drought in the recent Reader’s digest.

These are just a few examples from a wide-ranging new analysis of dozens of scientific studies that suggests global warming already has been felt by plants and wild animals.

Written by two noted climate-change researchers, the analysis formed the basis of the wildlife-effects portion of the most recent scientific evaluation by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The group, put together by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization, drew on the work of more than 2,000 of the world’s leading climate scientists.

The part of the IPCC report documenting effects of the warming world on wildlife and plants has been fleshed out in a report just issued by the National Wildlife Federation.

“We are already seeing a discernible impact on wildlife and plants,” said A professor of the University of Michigan, “There are going to be dramatic effects.”

“Climate change, with its potential to impact every corner of the world, is an issue that must be addressed by the world,” The most impact is on wildlife and the most valuable resource to prevent is also the wildlife.

“The relationships between animals and plants, which have developed over thousands of years, are being altered,”. “Wildlife is like the canaries in the mine. The overwhelming evidence is that we’re already seeing impacts. The question is, what are we going to do about it?”

After hundreds of scientific studies that seemed to have some bearing on whether wildlife or plants were affected by climate. It was found that 450 animal species and 50 plant species across four continents, that appeared to be on point.

Of those 500 species, about 370 showed the kinds of responses that would be expected in a warming world, such as birds laying eggs earlier in the spring and butterflies expanding their ranges to the north.

Friends, no second thought, it’s the high time we all save wildlife and hence save our lives…Do we all want our coming and present generation gets trapped and haunted in the darkest days of the life, where there will be no water, food and hardly and shelter that can protects against the aggression of nature which was invited by non other but we all??

Protect me and i will protect You....

  The cataclysmic events of centuries have given mankind hills and valleys, forests and pastures, rivers and seas. Mountains with icebound caps are sources of perennial streams. High mountains form protective barriers and shelter from cold winds, cyclones and tempests for all living creatures. The streams that criss- cross the land irrigate the fields. Every natural endowment of providence has a role to play.

   Loss of forests, water sources or soil leads to desolation. Denuded forests cause fertile soil being washed away in the rain. This in turn silts reservoirs, dams and catchment areas reducing water storage capacities. The residual ground surfaces are less fertile and are thus difficult to cultivate. Industrial pollution in the air and water destroys or drives away birds and fish from their habitat. These normally keep insect populations in control and also serve as scavengers of normal waste of a non-toxic nature.

   The effect of pollution creates a hostile environment in which survival becomes increasingly difficult. Even if one link in nature’s chain is broken the effects on the environment can be devastating.

    As yet there is no device to measure the harm done to the ecosystem. But the effects are apparent. This alone should motivate human beings to protect the environment.

     Man has learnt a great deal from nature. From the supersonic emissions of bats to conquering the icy wastes to discover the mineral deposits. It is astonishing to learn that 40 per cent of the medical prescriptions in the U.S. contain ingredients from sourced plant, animal and microbe.

     We must give of our best to that which is least capable of defending itself, to gain what is most rewarding.

bob cat

The Bobcat, although it does not bare the family name, it’s a distinct species . The bobcat is perhaps more closely related to the Eurasian and Spanish lynx, having spread into North America from Asia . It is thought that the original bobcats were much larger than at present and have perhaps reduced in size as a result of competition with early puma species, so as now it’s the kind of a different niche in the predatory food chain.

The bobcat has a great liking for hare and rabbit, which form a major part of the diet. However the bobcat will commonly switch prey species when its preferred source of food is unavailable. Males will hunt larger prey such as deer in the winter months when other prey is scarce. Bobcats also prey on other small mammals, such as squirrels and chipmunk, rodents and birds. Generally they hunt both by night and day, although there is evidence to suggest that most hunting takes place at dawn and dusk, corresponding to peak periods of activity of the hare and rabbit, their main prey species.

Bobcats are found in coniferous and mixed forest to the north, swamp areas in and around Florida, and desert and scrubland in the south-western states of the US. They are however absent from the highly cultivated areas of the northern mid-states. Despite its smaller size, the bobcat is also thought to be more aggressive.

Last but not the least; Bobcat is another species which is almost a history in the genre of wildlife. Save forest, save wild habitats, preserve Ecosystem and finally save Earth.