Collapse Observer

Australia adds 48 species to threatened list... https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... ecies-list

21 more species considered extinct ... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/21-species ... cials-say/

Snow crab collapse likely from starvation caused by warmer water ... https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/19/us/a ... index.html

Extinction estimates double ... https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... illion-aoe

Common birds show greatest declines in USA ... https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw8971

Recent extinctions ...

Spix's macaw – extinct in the wild (2000); captive populations remain
Poʻouli – last confirmed individual died in 2004
Bramble Cay melomys – declared extinct 2016; first mammal lost due to climate change (sea-level rise)
Pohnpei starling – likely extinct (no confirmed sightings since the 1990s)
Christmas Island pipistrelle – extinct 2009; rapid collapse after invasive species impacts
Baiji – functionally extinct since 2006
Western black rhinoceros – declared extinct 2011 due to poaching
Golden toad – last seen 1989
Gastric-brooding frog – extinct mid-1980s; unique reproduction method (brooded young in stomach)
Chinese paddlefish – declared extinct 2020
Smooth handfish – declared extinct 2020

Emperor penguins and fur seals now endangered as climate change melts ice ... https://www.newscientist.com/article/25 ... d-decline/