What human activities pose a threat to biodiversity? What is an example of proper waste disposal? How might climate change and the introduction of invasive species be connected?
Understand the Problem
The question is asking about the human activities that pose a threat to biodiversity and the connections between climate change and invasive species. We will summarize the concepts related to biodiversity loss, pollution, and waste disposal in the context of climate change.
Answer
Habitat destruction, pollution, overharvesting threaten biodiversity; recycling is proper waste disposal; climate change aids invasive species spread.
Human activities like habitat destruction, pollution, and overharvesting threaten biodiversity. Proper waste disposal includes recycling and composting. Climate change can create conditions suitable for invasive species, altering habitats and outcompeting native species.
Answer for screen readers
Human activities like habitat destruction, pollution, and overharvesting threaten biodiversity. Proper waste disposal includes recycling and composting. Climate change can create conditions suitable for invasive species, altering habitats and outcompeting native species.
More Information
Human land use changes and pollution can degrade habitats, recycling reduces landfill use, and warmer climates may lead to non-native species thriving in new regions, threatening native biodiversity.
Tips
It's a common mistake to overlook the impact of small-scale pollution on ecosystems or to assume that climate change only has direct impacts, ignoring how it can facilitate invasive species.
Sources
- Five drivers of the nature crisis - UNEP - unep.org
- Climate Change - Invasive Species Centre - invasivespeciescentre.ca
- 23.3: Threats to Biodiversity - Biology LibreTexts - bio.libretexts.org
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