Yes, climate change can lead to an organism's extinction due to failure of adaptation. Changes in the environment, such as rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and habitat loss, can make it difficult for organisms to survive and reproduce. If an organism is unable to adapt to these changes, it may eventually become extinct.

There are a number of ways in which climate change can threaten the survival of species. One way is by disrupting their reproductive cycles. For example, rising temperatures can cause plants to bloom earlier or later in the year, which can mismatch their pollination timing with the availability of pollinators. This can lead to reduced reproductive success and population declines.

Another way in which climate change can threaten species is by making their habitats unsuitable for survival. For example, rising sea levels can inundate coastal habitats, while rising temperatures can make deserts expand and forests shrink. These changes can force organisms to move to new habitats, but if they are unable to find suitable habitat, they may die.

Climate change can also make organisms more vulnerable to other threats, such as disease and predation. For example, warmer temperatures can allow pathogens to spread more easily, while drought conditions can make it more difficult for organisms to find food and avoid predators.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that climate change is already having a significant impact on the distribution and abundance of species. If greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, the IPCC predicts that climate change will be a major driver of extinction in the 21st century.

Here are some specific examples of how climate change is threatening species:

• Polar bears are at risk of extinction due to the loss of sea ice, which they use for hunting and denning.
• Coral reefs are bleaching and dying due to warmer ocean temperatures.
• Mountaintop amphibians are disappearing due to habitat loss caused by rising temperatures.
• Monarch butterflies are declining due to the loss of milkweed plants, which are their caterpillars' only food source.

These are just a few examples of the many ways in which climate change is threatening species. It is important to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to mitigate the impacts of climate change and protect biodiversity.

Dr Murtadha Shukur thank you for your contribution to the discussion

Yes, climate change can lead to an organism's extinction due to failure of adaptation. Changes in the environment, such as rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and habitat loss, can make it difficult for organisms to survive and reproduce. Adaptation requires the continuous substitution of new beneficial alleles at a rate proportional to the rate of environmental change. Populations that fail to adapt fast enough eventually decline to extinction. The faster the climate changes and the longer adaptation efforts are put off, the more difficult and expensive responding to climate change will be. Adaptation refers to adjustments in ecological, social or economic systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli and their effects. In fact, scientists predict that if we keep going along our current greenhouse gas emissions trajectory, climate change will cause more than a third of the Earth's animal and plant species to face extinction by 2050 and up to 70 percent by the end of the century.Severe changes in temperature, new precipitation patterns, and extreme weather conditions force animals to adapt to new, unpredictable conditions. Some species are able to adapt to these changes, while others unfortunately perish. The loss of habitats is one of the most intense impacts of climate change. In addition to increasing global temperatures, the impacts of climate change include extreme weather events such as drought, hurricanes and rising sea levels. Species are already being impacted by anthropogenic climate change, and its rapid onset is limiting the ability of many species to adapt to their environments. Many other environmental factors, including soil quality wildfires, water acidity, and oxygen levels can affect population sizes by affecting the survival, death, growth, and reproduction. Extinctions have happened throughout Earth history for a variety of reasons at various rates, including: Changes in environmental conditions, including climate (temperature, precipitation, snow and ice cover), ocean acidity, nutrient levels, and ocean oxygen levels. Animals can react to climate change in only three ways: They can move, adapt or die. Many animals are moving to higher elevations and latitudes to escape warming temperatures, but climate change may be happening too quickly for most species to outrun it. Climate change is creating new pathways for invasive species to be introduced, such as shipping routes that open up as sea ice retreats. Warmer temperatures can allow existing invasive species to expand their range into habitat that is currently too cool. Environmental factors such as diet, temperature, oxygen levels, humidity, light cycles, and the presence of mutagens can all impact which of an animal's genes are expressed, which ultimately affects the animal's phenotype. Abiotic factors include ambient temperature, amount of sunlight, and pH of the water soil in which an organism lives. Biotic factors would include the availability of food organisms and the presence of biological specificity, competitors, predators, and parasites. Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water. Genetic factors as well as local conditions affect the growth of an adult plant. The growth of an animal is controlled by genetic factors, food intake, and interactions with other organisms, and each species has a typical adult size range. When conditions change, some species possess adaptations that allow them to survive and reproduce, while others do not. If the environment changes slowly enough, species will sometimes evolve the necessary adaptations, over many generations.