The importance of environmental conservation, especially with Earth’s biodiversity, is crucial to all of life’s survival in the future. Biodiversity is essentially all life on Earth’s variety, its biological diversity. It accounts for the number of different plant and animal species along with ecosystems. Even humans themselves are included as part of Earth’s biodiversity. All biodiversity on the planet works together to keep the planet healthy and allow for all to live. For example, a larger number of plant species results in a variety of different crops for all life forms to consume. This type of natural sustainability from species promotes healthier ecosystems as species are then able to carry out their niches. When species carry out their niches, the world is kept in the Holocene, our current geological period where Earth is completely hospitable for all current species. In addition, when species carry out their niches, the average global temperature is maintained at steady, hospitable for all levels. 

 

    Climate change is one primary threat to all biodiversity. As a product of human actions, climate change is the reason why the average global temperature is starting to rise to its highest levels yet. Since the Industrial Revolution, the Earth’s global temperature has risen by almost 1 degree Celsius. There are numerous negative impacts this warming has had on biodiversity by increasing chances of extreme weather events such as fires, floods, pestilence and drought. Colder ecosystems, such as tundras, have had a loss of ice and have experienced melting due to the temperature rise, which harms the species that live there and their ability to perform their niches and survive. As the Earth rises, noticeable effects on biodiversity will be plentiful. At 1.5°C of warming, which is the lowest temperature goal rate based on the rate of increase in the global temperature and energy usage, will have most of the world’s land species’ populations shrinking significantly. At 2°C of warming, 5% of all species will be at a risk of extinction. At 4.3°C, where the Earth is on track to rise to, 16% of all species will be at risk of extinction.