Couertsy: wild.org/climate

Nearly every ecosystem, tree, and animal helps produce
Earth’s climate. And right now, the extinction crisis
exacerbates the climate crisis. Protecting and restoring
nature is the biggest step we can take toward stabilizing
the climate emergency.

Climate change is commonly understood to be one of the drivers of extinction, affecting biodiversity in nearly every corner of the planet. But few realize that the loss of biodiversity is also exacerbating climate change, and shifting global weather patterns. Discover more about the relationship between wild nature and climate change in the paragraphs below.

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