how many animals are endangered because of pollution?
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According to a study from Plymouth University, plastic pollution affects at least 700 marine species, while some estimates suggest that at least 100 million marine mammals are killed each year from plastic pollution.
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Nearly half a billion animals have been impacted by the fires in NSW alone, with millions potentially dead, according to ecologists at the University of Sydney. That figure includes birds, reptiles, and mammals, except bats. It also excludes insects and frogs -- meaning the true number is likely much higher.
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Presently, over 267 species worldwide are being affected by plastic pollution and 700 species are at risk of becoming extinct. The study found that water birds and marine animals were particularly at risk, with 28 incidents involving seals hurt by plastic litter in 2018, compared with five in 2015.
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Russia. There are 266 mammal species in Russia, of which five are critically endangered, thirteen are endangered, twenty-six are vulnerable, and six are near threatened. One of the species listed for Russia is extinct and one can no longer be found in the wild.
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From snails to whales, approximately 2,270 species are listed as endangered or threatened globally under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA). Of the species that are listed, approximately 150 of them live in the ocean in U.S. waters, and some are considered closer to extinction than others.
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And this is a species already threatened by habitat loss and poaching. The other 1.8 million animals that have likely perished include frogs, anteaters, and ocelots, as well as slower and smaller creatures like sloths, armadillos, insects, and reptiles.
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The health of an ecosystem is maintained by its plants and animals. When species become endangered, it is a sign of an ecosystem's imbalance. This balance is difficult to maintain: the loss of one species often triggers the loss of others. ... The conservation of endangered species is important for humans as well.
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The list of species declared extinct in the last decade. During the decade that just ended (2010-2019), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) declared the extinction of 160 species.
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As of July 2016, Florida had 124 species—87 endangered species and 37 threatened species—listed under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). Of these, 64 were animal species and 60 were plant species.
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An endangered species is a species (a population) of animals, plants or other organisms that is in danger of becoming extinct. This could happen because there are few of that animal left, its predators have grown in number, or the climate that it lives in is changing, or the places it lives in have been destroyed.
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Habitat loss through expanding agriculture, human-wildlife conflict, civil unrest, and poaching for their meat, pelts, and tails, are among the reasons for the decline. Three of the currently recognised nine subspecies were listed as Critically Endangered or Endangered on the latest IUCN Red List.
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Habitat loss is probably the greatest threat to the variety of life on this planet today. It is identified as a main threat to 85% of all species described in the IUCN's Red List (those species officially classified as "Threatened" and "Endangered").
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a remarkable variety and concentration of wildlife: over 280 bird species. roughly 60 mammal species. over 50 freshwater species.
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A critically endangered (CR) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of 2020, there are 26,500 species that are considered to be critically endangered.
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In the past decade, 467 species have been declared extinct (though they might have gone extinct in decades prior), according to the global authority on species conservation status, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN.
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As well as birds, Colombia also hosts over 450 mammal species. Of these 450 species, approximately 22% are listed as either endangered or critically endangered. Interestingly, Colombia has the largest number of terrestrial mammals (those that live predominantly or entirely on land) in the world.