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Employees of the US Fish Conservation Service shared with the world community unusual news. Recently in hawaii Hurricane Valak passed, and after it, experts unexpectedly found that under water in just one night the whole was completely gone Isle. The length of this land was about a kilometer, and the width, however, is only about 120 meters. Despite so much modest in size, East Island was important to the local fauna.
Here, for example, there were monk seals under threat of extinction. There are no more than 1,400 of these in the world. animals. In addition, half of the whole Hawaiian green turtle population, which is also very rare and strongly guarded by the american authorities. Now it is not known where seals, turtles and other endemic species will breed their offspring. Despite the fact that so far the incident is not regarded as catastrophic, wildlife experts suggest: in the long run, the disappearance of the island may lead to the extinction of certain species of animals.
Meanwhile, climatologists look at what happened with even greater pessimism. According to reputable scientists, before us a great example of the effects of climate change. Melting glaciers and various disasters may well lead to the fact that more and more land on our planet will be immersed in the oceans. The saddest thing is that the governments of major powers like the United States and Russia and China are in no hurry to somehow deal with global change climate.
Not in a hurry or simply not able to do something already? ..
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