This Is The First Mammal That Climate Change Has Officially Driven To Extinction – Forbes
Credit: State of Queensland.
Article Synopsis – The Bramble Cay melomy, a tiny rodent found on an island off the Australian coast, is officially the first mammal to be driven extinct by climate change. “A combination of increasingly intense coastal flooding and storm events exacerbated by warming temperatures continuously inundated the flat island, eroding Bramble Cays’ coastline and eliminating the melomys’ habitat.” To read the actual article click here.