Biodiversity Facts
Biodiversity Facts
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| Although over time it has increased, biodiversity has steadily gone down in the past 35 years. |
| The current declining of biodiversity is comparable to the massive extinction of many animals over 65 million years ago. |
| Coral reefs have the most diversity of all ecosystems on Earth. |
| On land, areas near the equator tend to be more diverse because of the pleasant climate. |
| Biodiversity is very important to an ecosystem because each species plays a different role in the maintenance of the ecosystem. |
| Disasters tend to ruin an ecosystem but if biodiversity is high, the ecosystem will be able to recover quickly. |
| Preserving a species and its habitat is one way to ensure an increase in biodiversity. |
| The increase in global warming is a huge factor that decreases biodiversity by destroying habitats of certain organisms. |
| Changes in ocean temperature, length of seasons, and amount of precipitation are all factors that affect the level of biodiversity. |
| Planting certain types of trees outside your home or school is one way to combat the decrease in biodiversity because it helps control climate. |
| A biodiversity hotspot is an area that contains organisms (both plants and animals) that do not live in any other part of the world. |
| Madagascar is an example of a biodiversity hotspot because roughly 98% of its living organisms cannot survive anywhere else on Earth. |
| Although many governments around the world have passed laws to ensure biodiversity, there are over 300 extremely endangered species that have no laws to protect them. |
| Pollution and the introduction of foreign species are other factors that contribute to the decrease in biodiversity by hindering the proper development of ecosystems. |
| About .1% of species are lost each year. |
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