Earth Day 2019: Protect Our Species
Monday, April 22, 2019 is upon us and while this is a Monday. it's no ordinary Monday. Today is Earth Day! Every year Earth Day has a new theme and this years theme is "Protect Our Species." The number of animals living above the water has declined by almost 50% since 1970. Marine populations have also d ropped by 40% overall. Insect populations have declined by at least 75% in some places of the world. You may think that getting rid of insects is a good thing, but insects help our ecosystems, and many animals feed off of insects. So with insect populations declining, that in turn declines food for other species, which kills off over species and so on. It has been estimated that nearly 85% of Earth's land surface has been impacted by humans which has affected many ecosystems where specific species used to live and have been forced to adapt or die off. Finally, about a quarter of the world's coral reefs have been damaged beyond repair and three qua...