The survival of more than 3,500 animal species is in jeopardy thanks to the impacts of climate change, a new study has found.

This threat applies to at least a quarter of the species in six different classes, including arachnids and chilopodans (centipedes), as well as anthozoans and hydrozoans (marine invertebrates related to jellyfish and corals), according to the study, published on Tuesday in BioScience.

“We’re at the start of an existential crisis for the Earth’s wild animals,” lead author William Ripple, a professor of ecology at Oregon State University, said in a statement.

“Up till now, the primary cause of biodiversity loss has been the twin threats of overexploitation and habitat alteration, but as climate change intensifies, we expect it to become a third major threat to the Earth’s........

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