What animals are killed by air pollution?

Answer 1

We can't tell exactly, or even on average, how many. Animals are killed because of global warming all the time, but it is not something that is exactly measurable unless we were to track every living animal on earth.

• Global warming screws up migratory patterns, and can cause animals to stop hibernating early (they can die).
• It also destroys habitats (think polar bears and snowy terrain) and can cause extreme weather because hotter air can hold more moisture, causing droughts and floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, you name it. In fact, Hurricane Katrina can be directly related to global warming. As with the 2003 heat waves in Europe.
• Also, parasites and invasive species can destroy animals habitats because they can thrive in warmer weather. Mosquitos have recently been found at altitudes in the mountains were they had previously been unable to go to because of the cold. This means malaria and other diseases can spread even easier.
• Global warming means people and animals are dying daily.

Answer 2

Pollution caused by volcanic activity must include the falling lava that wiped out Pompeii, for instance. All inhabitants dead within minutes, many captured in place by falling ash, producing some of the world's most accurate voids for plaster castings of them.

There are too many to count, everyday animals of species we haven't even discovered die because of pollution. There is nothing we can do but REUSE, REDUCE, and RECYCLE!

Answer 3

Woolly mammoths have been made extinct because it is not cold enough in the arctic and all the glaciers are melting so they died out due to global warming.

The Chinese river dolphin recently became extinct due to the constant amount of pollution that China was putting into the rivers. They are not definitely confirmed to be extinct but certainly seem to be as no one has seen any for years.

Answer 4

It is impossible to know an exact figure. Global warming is changing animals' habitats so smaller animals are disappearing, making it harder for bigger animals to find food. It is probable that polar bears are dying because there is much less Arctic sea ice in summer, and some bears are unable to find seals, their normal diet. But it is impossible to have an accurate count of polar bears, living or dead. Scientists rely on estimates.

Warming and more acidic oceans are killing coral. Krill populations are changing because of changes in ocean temperatures and currents. Whales and other creatures further up the food chain rely on krill.

Answer 5

Possibly millions. You must consider that the air pollution resulting from volcanic eruptions is quite noxious and deadly. Volcanic eruptions precede human air pollution by MANY, many years. Take Mount Vesuvius as just one example.

Recently, there were 5 or 6 Bison in the Yellowstone National Park region of the US that simply died from lack of oxygen. The heavier gases, released from vents created by the underground Super-volcano, displaced the oxygen out of the valley they were standing in at the time. We could be next!

Answer 6

Mammals, reptiles, fish, insects and birds, mainly from acid rain caused by nitrogen and sulphur dioxide emissions from smokestacks.

Answer 7

About 2 a year. Go ask your mom, see is the biggest reason why animals die from global warming.

Answer 8

Blue bird