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endangered species and envirmental problems. Endangered Species and Environmental
problems I believe that the most serious environmental ...
Submitted by blackcat0316 on December 11, 2005
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Endangered Species and Environmental problems
I believe that the most serious environmental problem is the fact that there are too many endangered and threaten species in the world. Not only am I talking about animals but I am also talking about plants. With out any of these species the circle of life would become out of balance. Without insects there would be nothing to help with the decay of dead mater and without plants we would not have any oxygen.
The question that a lot of people ask is why do species become endangered and then become extinct. There are many reasons why plants and animals are becoming endangered; as the World Wildlife Fund stated most of there time is spent fighting global threats. They talk about how Climate change; deteriorating ocean health; Agriculture and Aquaculture; toxic chemicals; an unchecked wildlife trade and deforestation effect the world and how, if ignored, could have dire consequences for life on Earth. Other organizations like the department of Agriculture explain how declines in populations of plants and animals are caused by more than one event. Habitat degradation and destruction by humans are the most serious threats to wildlife and plants worldwide (Threaten and Endangered Species and Private Landowner. 1995). They go on to talk about how destruction occurs through development activities; environmental pollution; introduction of invasive, nonnative species; over harvesting of wild species; and conversion of habitat to other uses.
Climate change is said to be the biggest threat to the web of life because of how many plants and animals it effects. The United States emits more greenhouse gasses per a person then any other country. (World Wildlife Fund. 2005) Also not to mention that a quarter of all mammal species will be threatened with extinction over the next century. Climate change will cause the extinction of countless species and destroy some of the world's most valuable...
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