Global warming has become perhaps the most
complicated issue facing our society today. Fossil-fuel emissions of Co2
through human activities are especially thought to be the largest cause of
recent climate warming. Climate change is forcing every living creature on our
planet to adapt to its changes. As global warming impact becomes stronger and
stronger, animals find it more and more difficult to adapt. Changed weather
conditions and more frequent extreme weather events will cause many animals to
go extinct.
Tuatara Female
The purpose of this blog explains how global climate change is of a particular concern for small and isolated populations of reptiles with temperature-dependent sex determination and will focus on Tuatara from New Zealand. It includes an introduction on Tuatara, threats tuatara faces, what can happen due to those threats and lastly conservation efforts for tuatara survival.
