A new study warns that the Earth will face a "mass extinction" by the year 2100, which could wipe out more than a quarter of all living things in the world.
Australian and European scientists have developed a "virtual Earth" to simulate the global extinctions that will occur due to climate change during this century.
The results indicate that 10 percent of all plant and animal species will be lost by 2050. The figure will rise to 27 percent by the end of this century.
Scientists blamed "resource over-exploitation, land-use change, over-harvesting, pollution, climate change, and biological invasions," according to the British Daily Mail.
The study was led by European Commission scientist Giovanni Strona and Professor Corey Bradshaw of Flinders University, Australia.
"The planet has already entered its sixth mass extinction event, driven by human activity and climate change," the researchers said.
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List, there are more than 42,100 species threatened with extinction over the years to come.
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