It is reported that after the release of the United Nations Climate Report, environmental groups and many political leaders unanimously called on all countries to respond positively. Hans Willom, director of the Global Climate Change Program of WWF, pointed out that governments should take corresponding measures immediately. "The inescapable fact is that global warming will bring famine, floods and droughts, but the poor countries that have the least responsibility for warming will bear the most serious consequences, and they have no money to deal with these consequences."
In addition, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) recently announced ten natural treasures that have suffered irreparable losses due to climate change.
Ten natural treasures
1 coral reef
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From the Great Barrier Reef in Australia to the coral reef in Belize, Central America. As long as the temperature rises 1℃, corals will become albino and die. The increasing power of tropical storms has also caused damage to fragile coral reefs.
The Chihuahua Desert across the US-Mexico border.
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The largest desert in North America covers river basins, grasslands and 3,500 unique plants, including cacti and yucca.
3 coastal forests and coastal ecosystems in East Africa
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If storms tend to be frequent in this area, it will seriously damage agriculture, coastal mangroves and offshore ecosystems.
The temperate rainforests of Chile and Argentina
Chilean cypress can live for 3000 years, but now it is threatened by forest fires and reduced rainfall. The local glaciers will melt, and groundwater will be more scarce.
Indian Ganges Delta, Cendal, Bans.
Rising water levels and intensified storms in the Bay of Bangladesh may flood many coastal islands and destroy mangroves.
6 Amazon basin
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One fifth of the fresh water flowing into the global ocean comes from here. It is predicted that the global average temperature may rise by 2℃ to 3℃ within 50 years, and 30% to 60% of the local rain forests will become dry savanna.
Glaciers in the Himalayas
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These glaciers provide water for hundreds of millions of people in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Some glaciers are melting at the rate of 10 to 15 meters per year, which leads to frequent floods in some areas recently and will be threatened by summer drought in the future.
Bering Sea
Habitat of many wild salmon, whales, dolphins, walruses, sea lions and polar bears. Warm winters lead to premature ice rupture in spring, forcing salmon herds to migrate to the North Pole. Melting ice dilutes seawater, which affects the nutrient supply of microorganisms eaten by fish.
9 Yangtze River
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The glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the water source in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, are melting, which increases the current water volume of the Yangtze River, but once the glaciers shrink to a serious extent, the Yangtze River will be in danger of drying up.
10 Caribbean sea turtle
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Six of the seven species of sea turtles in the world are on the verge of extinction, because rising sea levels have flooded the beaches where mother turtles lay their eggs.