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environmental problems - Coggle Diagram
environmental problems
Mammal Extinction - One in four mammals is threatened with extinction. That’s 25%,
a huge number that will totally change the ecology of every corner of the earth
With as much attention as the environment has been getting lately, you’d think that we’d be further
along in our fight to preserve the world’s species
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Unfortunately, things aren’t nearly that rosy
In fact, many of the environmental problems that have
received the most public attention are even worse than we thought
from destruction in the rain forest to
melting glaciers in the Arctic. We’ve got a lot of work to do.
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see thousands of species die out in our lifetime, and the rate of habitat loss and hunting in
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crucial areas like Southeast Asia, Central Africa and Central and South America is growing
so rapidly, these animals barely have a chance.
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for our surroundings – so much of the awe-inspiring diversity of nature, mass extinctions like this would
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If you think the extinction of an animal like the beautiful Iberian Lynx is no big deal, and wouldn’t have that
much of an effect on the planet, think again
When a predator disappears, the prey will multiply
When prey dies out, the predator will see its ranks decrease as well
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In oceans around the world, there are eerie areas that are
devoid of nearly all life
These ‘dead zones’ are characterized by a lack of oxygen, and they
are caused by excess nitrogen from farm fertilizers
emissions from vehicles and factories, and
sewage. The number of dead zones has been growing fast – since the 1960’s, the number of
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They range in size from under a square mile to 45,000 square miles, and the most infamous one of all is in
the Gulf of Mexico, a product of toxic sludge that flows down the Mississippi from farms in the Midwest