Question

What are the five primary causes of biodiversity loss?

Answer 1

ANSWER

Climate change. Changes in climate throughout our planet's history have, of course, altered life on Earth in the long run — ecosystems have come and gone and species routinely go extinct. ...

Deforestation and habitat loss. Image: Nelson Luiz Wendel / Getty Images. ...

Overexploitation. ...

Invasive species. ...

Pollution.