The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has just released the list of the top ten animals in danger of extinction due to global climate change . The first place is occupied by the polar bear , which could disappear as a species within 75 years if, as expected, the Arctic summer ice sheets continue to shrink. The second most threatened animal is the Bengal tiger , which lives in mangroves between Bangladesh and India. Due to the annual growth of 4 millimeters in sea level, 70% of the habitat of this feline could be lost before 2060.
Corals are third on the list, 80% of which may disappear within decades. They are followed by the kangaroo , the whale , the penguin and the sea turtle .
The eighth position is occupied by the orangutan . On two Indonesian islands where this ape lives, climate change causes increased rainfall during the rainy season and fires during the drought season. Orangutans, being slow animals, often perish in surprise by forest fires.
The last places go to the elephant , whose habitat will also shrink as the African climate becomes drier and less predictable, and the albatross .
