Blog 8 Conservation and extinction Natasha Provinse

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    Mankind is always evolving. We are curious creatures, we are always inventing and changing trying to make things better as we perceive them. This influx of products and things has both positive and negative impacts on our world. When we have an increase in products such as this it can affect the health of our planet. With increased production comes increased waste, which causes entire ecosystems to disappear and in turn wrecking the delicate life of these species. Many Scientists have argued that the birth of the industrial revolution is the leading cause of the begging of mass extinction. (Standford EDU News)endangered species are those who face the risk of extinction on the planet. As we know the industrialization of the land has caused rapid loss of animal species on this planet, but the marine wildlife endangered animal rate is not at the same place because we have yet to industrialize the oceans. The only way to prevent this from happening to the marine life extinction or at least reduce the number of species lost to extinction is to protect habitats. To protect these animals, stricter laws should be put into place to ensure their safety. Not only will enforcing these laws help the endangered animals from dying off, but it will also ensure the safety of our crops, water quality, and air quality as well. 



Citations:

University, Stanford. “The Industrial Revolution of the Oceans Will Imperil Wildlife, Says Stanford Scientist.” Stanford News, 9 Apr. 2016, https://news.stanford.edu/2015/01/16/oceans-extinction-cycle-011615/. 


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





Comments

  1. Caleb MonnigNovember 6, 2021 at 6:12 PM

    Hi Natasha, I thought your post was really good and informative. You would think that with how often species are dying off that we wouldn’t seem so relaxed about it. We definitely should do more to protect wildlife.

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  2. Colby NewmanNovember 7, 2021 at 3:57 PM

    Great job on the blog. I liked the way that you summarized everything. Do you think that these laws will help these animals? Or rather what kind of laws would you put in place?

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