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METHANE - the most potent Greenhouse Warming Gas

Methane accounts for more than one-quarter of the anthropogenic radiative imbalance since the pre-industrial age. Its largest sources include both natural and human-mediated pathways: wetlands, fossil fuels (oil/gas and coal), agriculture (livestock and rice cultivation), landfills, and fires. The dominant loss of methane is through oxidation in the atmosphere via the hydroxyl radical (OH). Apart from its radiative effects, methane impacts background tropospheric ozone levels, the oxidative capacity of the atmosphere, and stratospheric water vapor. As such, changes in the abundance of atmospheric methane can have profound impacts on the future state of our climate.

 

About Extinction of Species .ORG

ExtinctionOfSpecies.Org - Extinction Of Species .ORG is a not-for-profit web-site created and hosted by Matt Hooker. 

I welcome your help in adding content, including essays, news, photographs, videos, etc. of the Earth's vanishing species, and how we can save all of Earth's biodiversity from going extinct. I believe it is essential to stop population growth and then reduce human population to sustainable levels which ensure all species survive in healthy numbers and all human beings have a high quality of life. I also believe that we must stop using fossil fuels as soon as possible, and as well stop producing and using harmful chemicals and pesticides and polluting indistrail processes. We must force a change on the entire planet if we are to survive, and We Must Use Our Reason to Survive! Faith!

NASA Space Mission Takes Stock of Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Countries

NASA Space Mission Takes Stock of Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Countries

 

Saving the Threatened Whitebark Pine Tree

Sun-bleached skeletons of long-dead whitebark pine trees stand at the top of a 7,200-foot-high ridge along the Reservation Divide on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana. With annual average temperatures in Montana rising, the whitebark pine that were not previously threatened are now facing an increase in blister rust infections, mountain pine beetle infestations and wildfire.

Stretching from British Columbia, Canada down to parts of California and east to Montana, live the whitebark pine. The tree grows in subalpine and timberline zones — elevations anywhere from 4,000 to almost 9,000 ft. It's an unforgiving space. The wind is harsh. Plants and animals confront sub-freezing temperatures, often until summertime.

The whitebark pine has historically thrived in these lands. But today, the tree species is in trouble. So much so that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the whitebark pine as a threatened species in December 2022. Increased fire intensity from climate change and colonial fire suppression practices, infestation by mountain pine beetles and a deadly fungus called blister rust — they're collectively killing this tree.

There is No Future Unless We Stop Destroying the Natural World.

Reverse nature's decline or there is no future - UN

Tree felling in Brazil
Three-quarters of the Earth's surface has been altered by human activity

 

The United Nations' biodiversity chief says global talks under way in Montreal are the "last chance" to reverse the destruction of the natural world.

"Biodiversity is the foundation of life. Without it, there is no life," Elizabeth Maruma Mrema stated.

But she is worried about the amount of work still needed for the 196 countries to reach an agreement.

COP15 - 2022 Montreal Biodiversity Conference

COP15: 2022 MONTREAL: UN calls for biodiversity 'peace pact with nature'

Deforestation, Panama
Nature faces a series of unprecedented threats in the 21st century

 

"Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction," the head of the United Nations has warned at the start of a high-level nature summit in Canada.

Governments are meeting in Montreal to agree targets to reverse the loss of nature.

Insects

Insects include any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings; and any of various similar arthropod animals, such as spiders, centipedes, or ticks.

Freshwater Aquatic Habitat

Freshwater habitat Rivers, lakes, ponds, and streams are examples of freshwater habitat. Fish, frog, duck, lotus, and water lily are found in freshwater.

Coral Reef Habitat

Coral reefs are rock-like structures made from calcium carbonate secreted by corals. They are also called ‘rainforests of the sea’ as they provide shelter to a large number of marine organisms. Besides corals, sea anemones, starfish, octopus, sea urchins, and a variety of fish are found in coral reefs. Examples of coral reefs are the Great Barrier Reef of Australia and those of the Andaman and Nicobar islands in India.

Coastal Aquatic Habitat

Coastal habitat Coastal habitat refers to the region where the land meets the sea.

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