In "Taking Wildness in Hand: Resuing Species," by Michelle Nijhuis, she talks about the increase in the amount of organisms that are having trouble adjusting to a warming climate. Because of global warming, many species are becoming extinct. For example, the Florida torreya tree, which was known for being a rot-resistant species, is now "adult trees [that] were reduced to a handful of mossy trunks, rotting in riverside ravines" (1). We can see here that the species was greatly affected by the climate, and in order to reverse this problem, changes have to be made. Nijhuis also provides us with check marks to make us aware that global warming is actually happening. She states, "Escalating average global temperatures? Check. Rising seas? Check. Plants and animals scampering uphill and toward the poles? Check" (2). Nijuis brings this to our attention so she is able to make a suggestion on how to save species that are in danger of becoming extinct.
A graduate student by the name of Brian Keel proposed an idea of assisted migration. Assisted migration is moving species into climates that are more natural to them and will help them to survive. "Connie Barlow, a writer and a naturalist, and the Florida torreya pushed this debate into the open" (2). Although many people disagree with assisted migration because they believed it to be unnatural, there is no guarantee that species will be able to survive without moving them to a new habitat. In order to help save our planet and to help save the the species that live on it, we have to make drastic changes in order to do so.
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