Revealed: first mammal species wiped out by human-induced climate change

Exclusive: scientists find no trace of the Bramble Cay melomys, a small rodent that was the only mammal endemic to Great Barrier ReefHuman-caused climate change appears to have driven the Great Barrier Reef’s only endemic mammal species into the history books, with the Bramble Cay melomys, a small rodent that lives on a tiny island in the eastern Torres Strait, being completely wiped-out from its only known location.It is also the first recorded extinction of a mammal anywhere in the world thought to be primarily due to human-caused climate change. Related: One in six of world's species faces extinction due to climate change – study Related: The Earth stands on the brink of its sixth mass extinction and the fault is ours Related: Indigenous rangers track rare mole resembling 'autonomous toupee' There is absolutely no doubt we will lose species due to the increasing pressures being exerted by climate change. Continue reading...