Biodiversity loss also damages the ability of ecosystems to absorb planet-heating carbon, which is vital totackling the climate crisis. How fast has biodiversity been declining? Biodiversity loss is a result of problems such as the conversion of natural areas into developments or farms, the introduc...
From Coral Triangle to Trash Triangle—How the Hot spot of Global Marine Biodiversity Is Threatened by Plastic WasteSoutheast Asia harbours the highest marine diversity of our planet. At the same time, the countries in the so-called Coral Triangle (CT; Fig.1) have the highest potential/risk ...
It's sometimes a challenge for scientists to explain clearly just how widely certain ecosystems(生态系统) in some certain areas around the world are being threatened. There's nothing ambiguous about the term“extinction vortex(旋涡)", however. That's what one of the world's most important fore...
Reefs are important protectors of coastal communities threatened by high waves, and they support the biodiversity (生物多样性). That led Nadia Fani and her co-founder Astrid Kramer to start Coastruction, a non- profit organization. "Even if you start on a small scale (规模)... a square ...
The species that are unable to adapt to environmental changes become extinct. This reduces biodiversity. ... Species that are too closely interbreed can go
Biodiversity contributes to the ecological and climatic stability of the Amazon Basin1,2, but is increasingly threatened by deforestation and fire3,4. Here we quantify these impacts over the past two decades using remote-sensing estimates of fire and deforestation and comprehensive range estimates of...
The sunflower is a tall plant that turns to face the sun. 向日葵是一种高大的植物,它会随着太阳转动。 Wildlife (野生动植物) Protecting wildlife habitats is crucial for biodiversity. 保护野生动植物的栖息地对生物多样性至关重要。 Organism (生物体) ...
Wet peatlands do not release CO2, can potentially sequester carbon, help to improve water quality, provide habitat for rare and threatened biodiversity, and can still be used for production of biomass ("paludiculture"). Wisely adjusted land use on peatlands can substantially contribute to low〆...
Each year, the discovery of new shark species underlines how little we know about ocean biodiversity. In a recent report conducted by Sibert and Rubin, they reported an unexpected finding; a large - scale extinction of sharks in the pelagic ocean, the largest ecosystem on Earth, about 19 mill...
Why is biodiversity important for ecosystems and for humans? How are wetlands being threatened? Why is plant biodiversity important? How does overhunting affect biodiversity? How is conservation related to biodiversity? How can invasive animal species affect biodiversity?