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9.10 Human Impacts on Biodiversity

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Human activities have driven biodiversity loss at rates 1,000 times higher than the natural background extinction rate. The causes can be remembered with a single acronym.

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10 lessons

  1. 9.1Stratospheric Ozone DepletionPreview lesson
  2. 9.2Reducing Ozone DepletionPreview lesson
  3. 9.3The Greenhouse EffectPreview lesson
  4. 9.4Increases in the Greenhouse GasesPreview lesson
  5. 9.5Global Climate ChangePreview lesson
  6. 9.6Ocean WarmingPreview lesson
  7. 9.7Ocean AcidificationPreview lesson
  8. 9.8Invasive SpeciesPreview lesson
  9. 9.9Endangered SpeciesPreview lesson
  10. 9.10Human Impacts on BiodiversityThis lesson

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