# Climate change is now the third-greatest threat to the planet’s wildlife, following overexploitation and habitat degradation. This is according to a new study, published in the journal BioScience, which analysed more than 70-thousand wild animal species. Nearly five-percent of the assessed species are threatened by climate change. The study found that marine invertebrates, such as molluscs, sea stars, corals and horseshoe crabs, are increasingly being impacted by climate change, partly because of global warming.
Climate change now ranked among the top three threats to global wildlife