You would be the most upset because of the extinction of which species due

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to global warming? The scientific consensus in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, "There is medium confidence that approximately 20-30% of species assessed so far are likely to be at increased risk of extinction if increases in global average warming exceed 1.5-2.5°C (relative to 1980-1999). As global average temperature increase exceeds about 3.5°C, model projections suggest significant extinctions (40-70% of species assessed) around the globe."
 
anything near the bottom or top of the food web.
Probably nothing at the top would be at risk from warming, but at the bottom definitely. There are small inverts, bacteria, algae, etc that a small warm up can do major harm and maybe drive them to be extinct. Case in point, Coral polyps. If the oceans continue to warm and 'bleaching' of corals (polyps dying and all that remains is washed out colorless exoskeleton) then I am sure some species of coral will go extinct. There are some algae that rely on coral polyps and they will die, and the feeder fish that rely on the algae may die, and on and on.
 
i would be most upset about gorillas and bonobos, but would be most concerned about shallow water corals, as they are key marine species, and it would take many centuries for deep water species to adapt to shallow water and recolonise.
stromatolites are much less useful.....

edit; oh, mpagriff, snap.
 
I guess this is the day of the false premise and what we must do to fix the false premise. There are no conceivable animals that have anything more than the remotest rational likelihood of going extinct from warming.
 
The only extinction that will occur because of global warming is idiot "scientists." -- When it becomes utterly apparent to everyone that they're lying when they talk about AGW.
 
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