5 Main Causes for Extinction of Species Throughout the World
In the last 150 years, the rate at which species are disappearing is about thousands per decade; while natural extinction rate is only one or two species per decade. Some of the main causes are as follows: (i) Loss/degradation of Habitat: A habitat is place where living beings find food, cloth and shelter and a safe place to reproduce and bring up their offspring. Thus, loss of habitat is the greatest threat to the world. Image Source: 185.26.182.219 (ii) Overexploitation of Resources: A number of species like tigers, giant pandas etc. are on the verge of extinction because of overexploitation of resources. (iii) Pollution: ADVERTISEMENTS: Pollution is responsible for global climatic changes and for the extinction of most of the species. (iv) Extinction of weaker species due to aggressive non-native…