Whales and Dolphins in risk of extinction due to climate change

A study in the U.S. has concluded that the rising sea levels and increasing ocean temperatures are soon about to cause massive damage to Whales and Dolphins in U.S. seas.

According to a groundbreaking study, the warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels, and shrinking sea ice volumes brought on by climate change pose serious hazards to whales, dolphins, and seals that reside in U.S. seas.

More than 100 stocks of marine mammal species native to the U.S. were investigated by researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and it was discovered that more than 70% of these stocks are vulnerable to challenges like habitat loss and food shortages as a result of the effects of warming waters.

The researchers discovered that dolphins and other toothed whales, including huge whales like humpbacks and North Atlantic right whales, were among those most at risk from climate change.

Marine mammal advocates said the study, which was released last month in the journal PLOS ONE, is proof that the way the U.S. handles whales and dolphins needs to alter in the age of climate change.

The evaluation is depressing, but it is also the first to focus exclusively on marine mammal stocks maintained by the U.S.

The Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and western North Atlantic Ocean marine animals were all the subject of the researchers' research. The National Marine Fisheries Service, an agency of the federal government in charge of the management and protection of marine resources, is in charge of managing the animals.