Climate Changed
Man-Made Climate Change Causes Its First Mammal Extinction
Australia dropped the Bramble Cay melomys from its endangered list, among unprecedented heat and coral die-off
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Climate change officially killed off its first mammalian species earlier this week, when Australia’s environment minister moved a small coast-dwelling rodent from the endangered to the extinct list.
The Bramble Cay melomys made its home on an island in the Torres Strait between Australia and Papua New Guinea. Both sea levels and water temperatures in the region are rising faster than many species are comfortable with.