Question

What are the 5 major threats to biodiversity?

Answer 1

Biodiversity:

1. Biodiversity represents the diversity and richness of life.
2. Biodiversity is in peril while being one of the most crucial and complicated traits without which life would not exist.

5 major threats to biodiversity:

1. Changes in the climate-Long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns are referred to as climate change.
2. Changes in Habitat- Natural occurrences such as droughts, illnesses, fires, hurricanes, mudslides, volcanoes, earthquakes, small changes in seasonal temperature or precipitation, etc. can cause habitat alteration.
3. Pollution and nutrient loading- When too many nutrients, primarily nitrogen and phosphorus, are added to water bodies, they can function as fertilisers and encourage an excessive amount of algae growth.
4. Alien invasive species- Alien species invasion is the decline or extinction of native species brought about by the deliberate or accidental introduction of alien species.
5. Overexploitation- When a renewable resource is harvested to the point of diminishing returns, it is referred to as overexploitation. Overexploitation that continues could eventually cause the resource to disappear.