{"id":16065,"date":"2016-09-19T13:16:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T18:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=16065"},"modified":"2016-09-17T13:17:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T18:17:44","slug":"kcet-climate-change-is-really-dangerous-here-are-6-environmental-issues-that-are-even-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/19\/kcet-climate-change-is-really-dangerous-here-are-6-environmental-issues-that-are-even-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"(KCET) Climate Change is Really Dangerous. Here are 6 Environmental Issues That are Even Worse."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EXCERPT:<br \/>\nWhen a species is designated as Threatened or Near-Threatened on the Red List, the listing includes a citation of the types of threats facing causing that species problems. Maxwell and his colleagues tabulated those threats to each of the almost 9,000 species and ranked them in ten large categories, according to the number of species each threat affected.<\/p>\n<p>Here are those big threats, in descending order of harm:<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Overexploitation, including logging, fishing, hunting, and gathering of plants: 6,241 species, 71.8 percent of the total<br \/>\nAgriculture, including farming, livestock raising, and aquaculture: 5,407 species, 62.2 percent<br \/>\nUrban development, including residential, industrial-commercial, recreation, and tourism: 3,014 species, 34.7 percent<br \/>\nInvasion and disease, including invasive species, problematic native species, and introduced genetic material: 2,298 species, 26.5 percent<br \/>\nPollution, including air pollution, municipal waste, industrial and agricultural effluent: 1,901 species, 21.9 percent<br \/>\nSystem modification of natural ecosystems, including both fires and fire suppression, dams, and a few other things: 1,865 species, 21.5 percent<br \/>\nClimate change, including drought, habitat change, storms and extreme temperatures: 1,688 species, 19.4 percent<br \/>\nHuman disturbance, including disturbance of affected species when people recreate, work, and wage war: 1,223 species, 14.1 percent<br \/>\nTransportation, including land, air, and sea: 1,219 species, 14.0 percent<br \/>\nEnergy production, including oil and gas development, coal and uranium mining, and renewable energy development: 913 species, 10.5 percent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcet.org\/redefine\/climate-change-is-really-dangerous-here-are-6-environmental-issues-that-are-even-worse?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=redefine\"><strong>Click here to read more&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcet.org\/redefine\/climate-change-is-really-dangerous-here-are-6-environmental-issues-that-are-even-worse?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=redefine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9132\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/800px-WolfRunningInSnow-e1474136251757.jpg\" alt=\"800px-WolfRunningInSnow\" width=\"550\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCERPT: When a species is designated as Threatened or Near-Threatened on the Red List, the listing includes a citation of the types of threats facing causing that species problems. 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