Wolf says new IPCC reports reveal terrifying climate threat to biodiversity
They're on the move, scrambling on paws and wings to find refuge from a planetary catastrophe.
No, I'm not talking about the computer-generated birds and beasts fleeing the flood in the blockbuster movie Noah.
As a scientist, I see many wonderful wildlife species in the real world -- from sea turtles whose nesting beaches are being flooded by rising seas to polar bears dying as sea ice vanishes -- struggling to survive man-made climate change.
That danger to our global web of life is highlighted by two new reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, authored by hundreds of scientists around the world.
The IPCC reports released over the past several weeks confirm that a large percentage of the world's species face an increased extinction risk unless we take bold action to reduce carbon pollution.