Why Extinction Is a Problem
The Current Extinction Crisis Is Entirely of Our Own Making. More Than a Century of Habitat Destruction, Pollution, the Spread of Invasive Species, Overharvest...
The current extinction crisis is entirely of our own making. More than a century of habitat destruction, pollution, the spread of invasive species, overharvest from the wild, climate change, population growth and other human activities have pushed nature to the brink.
How does extinction affect us?
As species disappear, infectious diseases rise in humans and throughout the animal kingdom, so extinctions directly affect our health and chances for survival as a species. … The rise in diseases and other pathogens seems to occur when so-called “buffer” species disappear.
Is extinction a bad thing?
Nevertheless, extinctions can have profoundly negative effects on the ecosystem, with knock-on negative effects for other species, including but not limited to humans. Millions or even billions more individuals are killed in the process of extinction than already occurs independently of humans.
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