How have humans impacted biodiversity? How does deforestation affect endangered species? How is DDT harming biodiversity? How do dams affect biodiversity? How does eutrophication affect biodiversity? How can loss of biodiversity affect human health?
If an endangered species such as the Santa Ana River wooly star were to become extinct, what effects might this have on other species? How does the vegetal stratification of an ecosystem influence biological diversity? What role do humans play in the extinction of ...
How are humans harming the environment? 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. How many animals have gone extinct ...
The Scottish Government and Scottish Green Party have pledged to designate 10 percent of the country’s seas as Highly Protected Marine Areas, offering depleted ecosystems a chance to bounce back. It's a complicated task.
"Our studies show thatorangutansactually have a long history of adapting their behaviour to survive in different areas, even those that have been heavily impacted by humans. This means they can live in much more varied habitats than previously thought. ...
Personal Growth and Future Aspirations: “This experience taught me a new kind of empathy: for creatures who do not communicate or interact like humans do, but who have lives that are just as full and worthy of protection. Since that day, I have not eaten a single bite of meat, and I...
Urban forests provide critical ecosystem services to humans, and, as in other systems, invertebrates are central to structuring and maintaining the functioning of urban forests. Identifying the role of invertebrates in urban forests can help elucidate their importance to practitioners and the public, ...
Meanwhile, air pollution does not just negatively impact humans, either. Animal populations can suffer from the same deleterious effects of inhaling contaminants, while they may also find their sleeping, eating and breeding cycles disturbed by a change in the delicate balance of their ecosyste...
The same article reported that the their “13 dams on the Willamette River in Oregon have helped drive iconic salmon to the brink of extinction.” Not good. Federal land managers shouldn’t be in the business of killing off protected species. The Corps of Engineers devised a $1.9 billion pl...