Pollution thanks to humans occurs virtually everywhere around the world and in many different forms as mentioned here. Studies are ongoing into the true scale of the impacts on biodiversity of many of these pollutants but with the dramatic decreases in numbers we have seen in recent decades, it does not look good.

We can argue over the full impact of some of these pollutants on biodiversity as a whole, some species might recover once pollutants are removed for example. But that is a risky strategy to rely on. The reality is that just removing or reducing the numbers of a single species or tiny group of microorganisms can affect an entire ecosystem and send everything out of balance.

‘Biodiversity’ refers to the importance of the diversity of creatures on planet earth and how vital every interaction is. We must work to clean up our act before it is too late.