Alaska seal can be protected based on future climate threat, court says

Ruling over species’ ‘threatened’ status could set key precedent as animals face changing environments in projections to end of centurySpecies can be listed as “threatened” and receive protection based on climate change projections that stretch until the end of the century, a federal appeals court has ruled, in a decision that could have major implications for the fate of animals as their environment rapidly changes.A three-judge panel at the US ninth circuit court