The effect of global warming has been significant on humans, animals and plants alike. While humans have the ability to carve out different ways to protect themselves and minimize the threat that is presented by global warming, it is predicted that animals and plants will also feel the significant effect of global warming, which will not only alter their habitual pattern but, in the long run, it may threaten to extinct many of them. The focus of this paper is to present a picture of how global warming is and will be affecting the animals, in an attempt to make this serious threat more significant (Science Daily, 2003).

The current effect of global Warming

In a research carried out by Dr. Terry Root and his colleagues at Stanford University, it was established that there was a direct correlation between global warming and early migration of birds. Their analysis also showed that events related to birds such as egg laying, blooming and end of hibernation are occurring earlier than in previous decades (Science Daily, 2003). Other studies carried out have shown the animals such as marmots, chipmunks and brown bears are also ending their hibernation early which may have adverse affect on their survivability as the source of food they rely on might not be there before time (National Geographic, 2008). Red foxes are also moving northward invading the territory of other animals while polar bears are also getting thinner and less healthy than they were 20 years ago. Sea life has also felt the effect of global warming. Pups of elephant seals cannot get enough prey because of its movement northward, causing them to starve and get leaner. Loggerhead sea turtle have been laying their eggs almost 10 days earlier than they did 15 years ago while Hawkbill turtle hatchling sex has been significantly influenced by rising temperatures, resulting in more females being born than males (Than, 2005)…

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