Biodiversity Day 2023: Building a sustainable future for everyone. (2023, May 22). Sustainability for All. Retrieved August 15, 2023, from https://www.activesustainability.com/environment/world-biodiversity-day/?_adin=02021864894

Human activity has already altered 75% of land and 66% of seas. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has stated that a million species are going extinct. 3+ billion people rely on marine life and 1.6 billion on forests. A major threat is climate change. Three species vanish every hour, 100-150 species are lost daily, and 15,000 to 80,000 species disappear yearly. For example, polar bears, frogs, and penguins are losing habitat or food sources. 100+ countries have already agreed upon the 30×30 Agreement to preserve 30% of land and sea by 2023.

My article is related to environmental science because it describes the conflicts and natural issues of our ecosystem revolving our the damage that we have placed upon it and the solutions that we can provide to help. The alteration of the land and sea by more than 50% is shocking since we have only barely explored the ocean. Additionally, losing 100-150 species is crazy especially since the article compared the loss with time. Hopefully, the 30×30 Agreement to preserve 30% land and sea by 2023 passes and becomes affective in benefiting our ecosystem and environment.