Mapped: How Animals Will Survive Climate Change

Fences, roads, walls, bridges, cities, etc. are some of the barriers that will obstruct the animals’ migration and could cause them to go extinct is they are not able to overcome them. There are ways we can help wildlife be on their way: Establishing wildlife corridors to reconnect natural regions is possible by “removing fencing, adding wildlife overpasses (or underpasses) to major roadways, and better routing of pipelines and power lines”, says The Nature Conservancy.

Below is the same map, but with the focus put only on the projected major paths that birds will take to reach cooler climates.

Although, while maintaining connectivity is a very important aspect of protecting wildlife against our warming global climate, fighting climate change in the first place is key to protecting all the animals roaming this planet — including us, humans.

For the full map, click here.