Ecosystems

Will humanity be able to prevent the degradation of ecosystems?

Dynamite fishing is extremely destructive to reef ecosystems.

Ecosystems are degrading rapidly all around the Earth.

Introducing foreign plants, such as palm trees can damage ecosystems.

The introduction of foreign plants and animals can cause severe damage to ecosystems.

Halting the decline of the planet's ecosystems may be the most difficult challenge humanity has ever faced.

The local ecosystems are under threat.

The local ecosystems are threatened.

The U.S. Pacific Islands region includes more than 2,000 islands spanning millions of square miles of ocean. Rising air and ocean temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, changing frequencies and intensities of storms and drought, decreasing streamflows, rising sea levels, and changing ocean chemistry will threaten the sustainability of globally important and diverse ecosystems as well as local communities, livelihoods, and cultures.

Ecosystems and the benefits they provide to society are being affected by climate change.