Threats to biodiversity

Animal husbandry

Production and care of domestic animals

Micro plastics

Pieces of plastic less than 5 mm long. Evident in blood, fish, water, and laundry

Forever chemicals

Widespread contamination in water

CFC/ Ozone layer

CFC release chlroine atoms when exposed to UV lights and destroys ozone layers

Thermal pollution

Warming of water bodies past their natural temperatures due to human activities

Global warming

Long term rise of Earth’s average temperature due to greenhouse gasses

Invasive species

Organisms that live in an ecosystem they are not native to and push out native organisms

Habitat loss

the process in which natural environments become unable to support their species

Loss of symbiosis

Close relationships between organisms are lost

Habitat fragmentation

When large habitats get divided into smaller sections

Poaching

the illegal capturing or killing of wild animals

Resource extraction

The removal of natural resources form Earth for human consumption

Indsutrial agriculture

Large scale production of crops and livestock using chemicals