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Biodiversity

Biodiversity is defined as the range or variety of plant and animal species across the world or in a particular habitat. Over recent years, scientists have come to an overall consensus that global biodiversity is in decline. This is clearly an extremely significant deterioration considering the difficulty in measuring this on such a large scale. Considering a healthy ecosystem positively correlates with biodiversity, it is critical that we place a high level of importance on preserving what is left. For humankind, biodiversity is imperative for our survival, from the simplest form of food chains, to more convoluted medical compositions discovered in wildlife.


Human actions causing climate change have also been reasons for the diminishment of biodiversity. For example, deforestation has not only interfered with the carbon cycle, but has additionally meant the mass destruction of a major organism in many areas. The drive towards urbanisation in economically emerging countries has resulted in a great deal of habitat extermination, alongside the alternative land uses emitting far more carbon dioxide. Furthermore, the factors contributing to climate change have, in turn, led to droughts, floods, coastal erosion, and many more natural hazards. As one may be able to imagine, each and every environmental disaster has been detrimental in provoking extremely devastating consequences. Homes have collapsed, people have been displaced, and family members have been lost. As if this is not enough to generate some sort of realisation, when this happens to less developed countries, they are unable to cope with the repercussions, and are left in this damaged state for a prolonged period of time.


Diversity is essential in a constantly changing environment, because without it, genetic adaptations cannot occur. With the unpredictability of not only our climate, but the speed of technological advancement, evolution is an ever crucial ingredient for nature’s remnants to survive. It seems that the issue this poses in regards to solutions has not yet been fully comprehended. Although human activity is causing the climate to change at ten times the rate it ordinarily would without manmade intervention, extinctions are happening even faster. This is another byproduct of unsustainable levels of toxic gas emissions, for example methane and carbon dioxide. However, if humankind had not already destroyed so much, biodiversity could be used as a tool to combat global warming. This could be done through nature’s ways of protecting the environment; processes such as the nitrogen cycle or photosynthesis. Unfortunately, when living organisms necessary are disposed of, these mechanisms do not ensue.


All of the above demonstrate the inexorable connection between climate change and loss of biodiversity. In order to attempt to reverse or fight against some of these issues, it can only be emphasised how important it is to reduce our carbon footprint. Getting informed is the first step to making a difference, and we implore you to utilise this knowledge by passing it onto others and creating the necessary changes in your own life. The damage we have caused to nature certainly puts into perspective our own priorities.


Who’s Future? Our Future.

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