4.2.4. Threats to Ecological Health

Terrestrial ecosystems are negatively affected by extreme heat in different ways, ranging from loss of habitats due to wildfires, dehydration due to lack of rain, increased stress on the organisms involved, and general loss of biodiversity. In Trinidad, when extreme heat causes the degradation of the habitats of wildlife, it leads to the reduction in feeding rates, lower reproductive success, and greater energetic loss (Ratnayake et al. 2019) This can result in the migration of species to species being at risk of extinction and the subsequent loss of biodiversity.
