Earth Day: Climate Change and Endangered Wildlife
by Natalie Rico The theory that human actions could somehow affect the Earth’s temperature has been a concern since the time of the ancient Greeks. While we know that animals have a level of evolutionary resilience when confronting changes in their ecosystems, human activities may have accelerated environmental changes to such a degree that the ability to evolve may not occur with sufficient velocity to protect millions of animals from extinction. The question is less if, mor