they are centers of biodiversity, especially in arid ecosystems

they are one of the easiest ecosystems to manage

they cover vast areas of terrain

they are very quickly eroded

Prejudice against indigenous peoples

Poverty

Exploitative governmental policies

Failure to account for ecological services in forest resource surveys

they are centers of biodiversity, especially in arid ecosystems

they are one of the easiest ecosystems to manage

they cover vast areas of terrain

they are very quickly eroded

Prejudice against indigenous peoples

Poverty

Exploitative governmental policies

Failure to account for ecological services in forest resource surveys

Human activities (overhunting, habitat destruction, greenhouse gases, etc.) are the primary contributing factor in the 6th mass extinction, which was not the case for the other events.

The other mass extinction events were caused by meteors striking earth, while the 6th mass extinction is a result of radical climate change.

The 6th mass extinction was a result of a meteor hitting earth, unlike previous extinction events, which were largely the result of climate change.

The 6th mass extinction is the only extinction event to have occured when dinosaurs were not inhabiting earth.

The 6th mass extinction event is projected to not be as severe in species loss as previous extinction events.

Carbon dioxide is emitted by burning fossil fuels and is released into the atmosphere, increasing the atmospheric concentration of carbon. Being soluble in water, is absorbed from the atmosphere into the ocean, where it reacts with water and carbonate () from coral reefs to form carbonic acid.

Sulfur produced from industrial manufacturing increases the sulfur concentration in the atmosphere, which results in sulfuric acid () entering the ocean by precipitation, resulting in a lowered pH.

Carbon dioxide is released in the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels, where it interacts with water vapor in the atmosphere to form carbonic acid, which enters the ocean by precipitation, lowering the pH.

Tropical rainforest

Boreal forest

Temperate rainforest

Subtropical desert

Tropical rainforest

Boreal forest

Temperate rainforest

Subtropical desert

Human activities (overhunting, habitat destruction, greenhouse gases, etc.) are the primary contributing factor in the 6th mass extinction, which was not the case for the other events.

The other mass extinction events were caused by meteors striking earth, while the 6th mass extinction is a result of radical climate change.

The 6th mass extinction was a result of a meteor hitting earth, unlike previous extinction events, which were largely the result of climate change.

The 6th mass extinction is the only extinction event to have occured when dinosaurs were not inhabiting earth.

The 6th mass extinction event is projected to not be as severe in species loss as previous extinction events.

Carbon dioxide is emitted by burning fossil fuels and is released into the atmosphere, increasing the atmospheric concentration of carbon. Being soluble in water, is absorbed from the atmosphere into the ocean, where it reacts with water and carbonate () from coral reefs to form carbonic acid.

Sulfur produced from industrial manufacturing increases the sulfur concentration in the atmosphere, which results in sulfuric acid () entering the ocean by precipitation, resulting in a lowered pH.

Carbon dioxide is released in the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels, where it interacts with water vapor in the atmosphere to form carbonic acid, which enters the ocean by precipitation, lowering the pH.