The Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
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https://doi.org/10.59675/P222Keywords:
Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, Extreme Weather Events, Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem ServicesAbstract
Climate change refers to a long-term alteration in worldwide climate patterns, particularly those brought on by the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The results of climate change are clear: warming of the Earth system and more typical extreme weather events. Indeed, there is no domestic or worldly community which has yet escaped the results, and climate change is expected to become stronger in the future. Biotic and abiotic pressures on natural ecosystems, as well as biodiversity and its associated ecosystem services, are made stronger by climatic changes. Thus, this paper aims to reflect the influence of climate change on biodiversity and linked ecosystem functioning. [1,2]
The planet's diversity is usually referred to as biodiversity, involving the millions of various life forms, such as plants and animals, as well as their connections and manifestations in ecosystems. Ecosystem functioning deals with the biological processes of the ecosystem as an entity. It has been confirmed that the global biodiversity of the planet diminishes, as well as human forces continue to place extra constraints on biodiversity, i.e., elevating inherent extinction risks of species. Climate patterns have a significant influence on biodiversity by affecting the spatial allocation of species, their population characteristics, reproduction, and broods, leading to the reproduction of seasons, the timing of habit alterations and morphological characteristics, and, to a point, damage distributions. Moreover, it is anticipated that the organization and interaction of communities, ecosystems, as well as the processes associated with services change because of the effects on biodiversity. [3, 4]
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