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Additionally, plant-based diets generally have a lower carbon footprint compared to meat-heavy diets. 5. Protect and Restore Ecosystems Ecosystems like forests, wetlands, and oceans play vital roles in maintaining biodiversity and regulating the climate. Supporting conservation efforts, participating in ...
What can I do to help conserve biodiversity? What is biodiversity and why is it important to life on the earth? What is a biodiversity hotspot and why is it important to protect such areas? Explain the importance of protecting ecosystem services...
In what way are the wetlands important? What are some of the problems associated with acid rain and acidified soils and waters? Plants take in large quantities of water, explain what happens to the water that is absorbed. How might an oil spill...
Investing in our planet, particularly its ecosystems, is urgently needed to stay within the 1.5°C climate target, according tothe latest IPCC report. Higher temperatures and weather events like droughts will result in ecosystems likewetlands releasing significant levels of greenhouse gases, further exa...
In some cases marine habitats are lost entirely (e.g., wetlands are filled), but in many cases the loss is a gradual transition from a more complex to a less complex habitat (i.e., a change from canopy-forming to turf forming algae). We explore the multiple ways habitat loss affects...