Biodiversity First part of the assignment.
2. In 200-250 words, describe the biodiversity in your hometown and its biggest threats.
Though New York City is known as an extremely populous area, heavily urban/industrialized and the financial powerhouse of the world, it also holds a great variety of habitats and rare wildlife. It’s a very popular stop-over habitat for migratory birds, fish and butterflies and there are many plant and animal species that reside there. Though New York City (Manhattan in particular) is occupied by a vast amount of skyscrapers, it’s also an extremely green city that encompasses many diverse geological areas and open space. The famous undeveloped Central park is known as the iconic recreational green space of the city. This park is home to the famous peregrine falcons as well as almost extinct American elm. Also, once you get out of the heart of New York City, there is much more green life and unaltered ecosystems. A major threat to New York City’s biodiversity, in my opinion, is human population. The growth and boom of New York City’s population brought about the extinction of native plant species in just the last century.
Hi Michelle,
My name is Kristin. I enjoyed reading your post! I talked about the biodiversity in my hometown in my post as well. My post was a bit different than yours since I live in a small suburban area, much different than New York. We don’t have a high human population issue, but we have lots of our land turning into shopping malls, new housing developments, etc which is taking away from our wild life. I did find it interesting that New York holds a variety of habitats and rare wildlife; I have always thought New York to be a very polluted city.
If you would like to check out my post here is the link: https://wp.me/p3RCAy-eRi
Hi Michele,
My name is Madison and I am a student at UPark. I liked how you linked biodiversity to your hometown. It is interesting how you said one of the major threats to biodiversity is human population. I never thought about this but it is definitely true, and sometimes we are our worst enemies. My hometown is similar to yours in the sense that there is a lot of biodiversity. Great job, and if you are interested in reading my post here is the link: http://sites.psu.edu/geog30/2016/04/14/biodiversity-in-our-lives/