The greenhouse gasses affect the climate as temperature increases and can create droughts in environments. It contributes to the loss of habitats as the intense heat from the sun causes a lack of rain in environments where animals are more prone to die from extreme heat. Climate change can affect living organisms as their supply of water can be limited and vegetation can wilt off easily. When food is scarce, it has an impact on the food chain as animals can find it challenging to locate food sources affecting predators who feed on wildlife.

The burning of fossil fuels caused by human industrial activities is to assist in producing mass energy for humans to utilize. Once the fossil fuels are burned, such as oil and gasses, the energy is utilized to provide energy for several cases such as light and heat. In the process of burning fossil fuels, the chemicals that are let out into the air can also contaminate surrounding areas of waters that are in proximity to factories. The release of fossil fuel combustion can affect wildlife's health and contribute to poor air quality overall.

Human activities such as deforestation is the process of cutting down trees in a region to create buildings or construct other structures for company profit and production. Deforestation hurts wildlife as animals who currently inhabit that environment will become affected by loss of food and face the potential to die. The clearing of trees has a significant negative impact on wildlife as the struggle to live increases with time. Ultimately, wildlife in the environment face multiple barriers to survive from climate change contributing to the loss of habitats and human activities adding more combustion into to the atmosphere.

Additional Source: “Climate Change and Life on Earth.” Center for Biological Diversity, https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/climate_law_institute/global_warming_and_life_on_earth/index.html. Accessed 13 November 2023.

Biodiversity is the combination of all species and organisms that live in an ecosystem. It includes all wildlife, plants, and living forms of life on Earth that are affected by climate change and human activities.

Extinction: the disappearance of a species over time and is no longer in existence

The extinction of several species is due to several factors, including increased warmer temperatures and emissions released into the air.

Habitat: the environment in which an organism or species lives in

The habitats of multiple species can be negatively affected due to droughts causing animals to find it difficult to find water sources within their natural habitats.

Climate change: The average temperature change over multiple decades that keeps track of long-term temperature change.

Climate change is directly related to the negative affect on species as the temperature patterns affects certain geographical regions more compared to others.

Conservation: The act or preserving, restoring, or managing a geographical region or environment

Wildlife's habitats' needs to be conserved from human production, such as combustion from fossil fuels, to limit extinction and potential health risks towards animals.

"The authors also note that efforts to limit global warming will be critical, although they caution that the development of biofuels to reduce emissions could end up harming biodiversity by further destroying forests."

This creates a complexity as humans are attempting to fix the ongoing issue of climate change, though by doing so, it can have a negative impact on the total biodiversity when forests are taken down. This counter-argument proves how even if humans take an action to reduce emissions, humans need to be careful that their impact is positively affecting the environment around them.

On estimate, how many species become extinct each year due to the affects of fossil fuels and air pollution?

Are certain geographical regions more prone to experience extreme poor air quality compared to others?

https://cnr.ncsu.edu/news/2019/11/renewable-energy-poses-challenge-for-wildlife-conservation/

https://www.idausa.org/campaign/wild-animals-and-habitats/green-energy-and-bird-deaths/

I found it especially interesting to learn how if climate change were to exist on its own, without human activities, there is a chance that extinction would not be as common as it is seen today. Throughout the researching process, the challenges that I encountered was finding research and articles that could accurately provide evidence of my topic as accurate as possible. Though I found articles that provided insightful information, the articles were outdated and did not include up-to date and relevant information.

I believe that I had the skills to overcome this challenge by narrowing down my search results and narrowing down my topic all together. By doing so, I was able to research how production is affecting wildlife and find the specific examples seen today in society. I would like to learn if industrial companies are aware of the problems that are ensuing with the environment and if they are taking steps to create change. In addition, I would also like to learn how our environment would benefit from fewer and efficient use of energy for the long-term.