00:04Right now we're in a period that scientists are calling the sixth mass extinction on our planet.
00:09Species are dying off left and right, but now experts say that amphibians are having quite possibly the worst go
00:15of things.
00:16According to a recent study, 40% of all amphibians are now considered threatened.
00:20That means they are likely to become endangered in the near future, and without proper conservation measures, they could disappear
00:26forever.
00:27Historically, urbanization has driven the decline in amphibian populations, but now ecologists say a changing climate is the real killer.
00:34That's not to say that human-led habitat loss isn't still an issue.
00:37In fact, in 37% of species, that's still a driving contributor.
00:41However, 39% is due to global warming changing the environment for many of these creatures, with some experts calling
00:47them the canaries in the coal mine.
00:49So how many have we lost so far?
00:51According to a recent study, as many as 222 amphibian species have gone extinct in just the last 150 years,
00:58with a team of researchers writing that the true impacts are probably underestimated, adding, quote,
01:03As a global community, it's time to invest in the future of amphibians, which is an investment in the future
01:09of our planet.
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