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Ecosystem changes could ultimately claim many other species including humans (1)

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Overharvesting (5)

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Wildlife and plants are absolutely irreplaceable (1)

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The ongoing extinction crisis is never witnessed by humankind. (1)

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Extinction has a myriad effects on our food, water, environment and even health (2)

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Extreme environmental change could trigger an "extinction domino effect" (2)

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One loss of species may seem trivial but it matters because are connected (2)

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Species rely on each other's services to survive (2)

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Amphibians has the highest rate of endangerment (1)

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A third of Amphibians (6300) are at risk of extinction (1)

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“When you lose one species, it affects the ecosystem and everything around it gets a little bit more fragile while it adapts to change,” said Kelsey Wooddell, assistant director of the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability (2)

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“Even if it’s not a keystone species [a species that others in an ecosystem depend on], its loss will weaken the functionality of the entire ecosystem, which just makes it easier for that ecosystem to stop working.”- Kelsey Wooddell (2)

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Due to human activity, extinction is occurring 10000 times faster (2)

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Ninety-nine percent of all species that have ever lived have gone extinct over the course of five mass extinctions, which, in the past, were largely a result of natural causes such as volcano eruptions and asteroid impacts (2)

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Bees pollinate over 250,000 species of plants, including most of the 87 crops that humans rely on for food, such as almonds, apples and cucumbers (2)

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Amphibians are going extinct because of habitat loss, water and air pollution, climate change, ultraviolet light exposure, introduced exotic species, and disease (1)

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Almost 50% of the world's primate species are at risk of extinction (1)

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90% of primates live in the tropical forests, which are fast demolishing (1)

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Half the globe's 5,491 known mammals are declining in population and a fifth are clearly at risk of disappearing forever with no less than 1,131 mammals (1)

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We all experience the tangible consequences (1)

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Wildlife brings joy and enriches us all (1)

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They have inspired our histories, mythologies, languages and perspectives (1)

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Extinction makes Earth a colder and lonelier place for future generations (1)

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Thousands of the world's species are used for food, shelter and medicine daily (5)

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Crop pollination and water purification loss (1)

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We are experiencing a possible sixth mass extinction (3)

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Humans have already transformed over 70% of land surfaces and are using about three-quarters of freshwater resources (3)

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Of the different varieties of crops humans rely upon for food worldwide, 87 rely on pollinators, mainly honeybees, while only 28 different crops could survive without such assistance (4)

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Waster Removal (4)

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Microbes, fungus, small organisms decompose waste matter (4)

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Water Quality (4)

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Medical Studies (4)

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Bears are studied for how they recycle blood toxins during hibernation to find potential solutions to kidney disorders (4)

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Extinctions rob humans of valuable medical advancements (4)

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Normal extinction rate is 0.1~1 species per 10000 species per 100 years (3)

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There is a huge number of plant species used in modern medicine, somewhere around 50,000 to 70,000. Should any of these plants become extinct, medicinal cures would suffer (4)

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Bees pollinate over 250,000 species of plants (4)

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"Shellfish such as mollusks take in nutrients from the water, thereby preventing a condition called eutrophication, which can cause a huge increase in organisms in the water that leads to oxygen depletion and mass die-offs. If any species is removed from the food webs of an ecosystem, the ecosystem can crash, and in the case of water quality, contaminants can remain and cause immense additional problems" -Kazmeyer (Researcher) (4)

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Over harvesting means total extinction for many species (5)

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Birds provide an important bellwether for tracking changes to the biosphere (1)

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-logging has destroyed many forest animal's habitats
-Before you buy wood, make sure it comes from a “sustainable forest,” a forest where trees are replanted.

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-invasive species are species from foreign countries that pray on local species
-don't let pets hunt wild animals
-don't release pets into the wild
-don't travel with wild plants and animals

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-Acid Rain destroys forests
-Oil spills kill coastal plants and animals
-Poisons wash into waterways
-Plastic trash entangles wildlife
-When plastics are left on the beach, they get swept into the ocean and often, marine animals mistake them for food
-don't use plastic bags when they aren't necessary

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-Carbon dioxide and methane are building up in the earth's atmosphere
-Glaciers and polar ice caps are melting
-Sea levels are rising
-Help reduce traffic and exhaust
Use public transportation
-Save energy

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Consequence: Jeopardizing pollination. Decrease in seed and food production (2)

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Consequence: Endangering the food chain (2)

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Consequence: Losing nature’s therapeutic riches (2)

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"More than a century of habitat destruction, pollution, the spread of invasive species, over-harvest from the wild, climate change, population growth and other human activities have pushed nature to the brink" -Biological Diversity Center(1)

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100% of sea turtles have plastic in their systems (2)

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Increasing demands for seafood are shrinking marine populations (5)

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Every year,  people catch about 85 million tons of fish and other marine animals (5)

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“Halting the Extinction Crisis.” Halting the Extinction Crisis, https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisis/index.html.

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26, Renee Cho |March, et al. “Why Endangered Species Matter.” State of the Planet, 3 Apr. 2019, https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2019/03/26/endangered-species-matter/.

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Begum, Tammana. “What Is Mass Extinction and Are We Facing a Sixth One?” Natural History Museum, 19 May 2021, https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-is-mass-extinction-and-are-we-facing-a-sixth-one.html.

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Kazmeyer, Milton. “How Do the Extinctions of Other Creatures Affect Humans Directly?” 4 Examples Of Biotic Factors, 18 Mar. 2018, https://myexamsite.com/view/4-examples-of-biotic-factors.

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“47 Eco Friendly Stats That Will Blow Your Mind.” Eco Friendly Habits, 30 June 2021, https://www.ecofriendlyhabits.com/eco-friendly-stats/.

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“What Causes Extinction?: AMNH.” American Museum of Natural History, https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/biodiversity/going-going-gone/what-causes-extinction.

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To alleviate extinction, we can pressure congress and elected leaders to create land management, pollution and other sustainable policies that will protect biodiversity and the environment(2)

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Eat less meat but more vegetables and sustainable seafood instead (2)

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Compost food waste (2)

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Buy wood and paper products (2)

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Don't buy products made from endangered or threatened species (2)

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Reduce your use of plastic (2)

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Diversify your diet (2)

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Change how we use natural resources (3)

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Reduce the negative impact on the climate (3)

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Manage land better (3)

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Buy organic food (2)

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-Refrain from buying fish from over harvested areas
-Don’t buy wood or wood products from threatened native forests like Pacific maple, California redwood, mahogany, ebony, or teak
-Buy recycled or salvaged wood

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Join or support organizations that help animals (2)

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The Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction, The Devonian mass extinction, The Permian mass extinction, The Triassic mass extinction, The Cretaceous mass extinction (3)

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Five mass extinctions have changed the face of life on Earth (3)

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Land invertebrates are endangered due to deforestation (rapid destruction of tropical forests) (1)

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Set up a beehive (2)

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Globally, 1851 species of fish(21%) are at risk of extinction, including over a third of sharks and rays (1)

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Build a garden (2)

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Threats to reptiles are habitat destruction and the invasion of nonnative species, which prey on reptiles and compete with them for habitat and food (1)

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21% of the total evaluated reptiles are endangered (1)

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Plants are particularly vulnerable to extinction due to their immobility (1)

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Of the more than 300,000 known species of plants, the IUCN has evaluated only 12,914 species, finding that about 68 percent of evaluated plant species are threatened with extinction (1)

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The disappearance of plants pose a threat to all species (1)

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Plants are the foundation of most life on Earth (1)

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Most medicine are made from plants (1)

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Oceanic invertebrates are threatened by water pollution, groundwater withdrawal, and water projects (1)

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Of the 1.3 million invertebrate species, the IUCN has evaluated about 9,526 species, with about 30 percent of the species evaluated at risk of extinction (1)

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Invertebrates account for 97% of total species on Earth (1)

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Japan has released more than one million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea (1)

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Choose sustainable seafood (2)

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Less than 3 percent of the world’s water is good for drinking (freshwater). Out of this, 2.5 percent is frozen in the Antarctica, Arctic, and glaciers. That means we only have 0.5 percent of freshwater to serve the entire humanity (6)

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According to a report by The New Climate Economy, we could save $26 trillion by 2030 if we start living sustainably (6)

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"Soybean production is one of the main causes of deforestation, and most soybean meal is used for animal feed"- Renee Cho (author) (2)

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Fish are endangered in freshwater and marine habitat due to increasing demand for water, damming of rivers, dumping of pollutants, and invasive species (1)

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Aquatic systems are some of the most threatened on the planet.

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12 percent of known 9,865 bird species are now considered threatened, with 192 species, or 2 percent, facing  an “extremely high risk” of extinction in the wild — two more species than in 2008 (1)

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Habitat loss, degradation, invasive species, collector captures have caused the bird declines (1)

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Over one million species will go extinct (1)

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Declining bird populations is an indicator of Earth's profound changes in response to human activities (1)