Research Topic: Biodiversity

The research topic that I have chosen is on Biodiversity. Biodiversity is essentially the variation of every living organism that is on Earth. I am not entirely sure about what I want to get into about biodiversity but as for right now I just want to get some simple facts down about why biodiversity is important. Biodiversity is very important because of many reasons. Every living organism in an ecosystem matters, no how small it may be. A related topic to this matter could be the food cycle. Say for instance the entire plant species of grass and corn went extinct. Though this is an extreme example and is highly unlikely, consequences can affect many herbivores that graze on these plants making them one day die off then the predators who feed on these animals must find an alternative food source, possibly causing a chain reaction. In the humans situation, most of our food today is fed or made of corn and grass. Chickens and cows that are herbivores would have nothing to eat and would get skinnier, resulting in less meat per animal. With less meat per animal means that we would need more supply of those animals just to keep up with the demand of these meats. Biodiversity is not only important to the food chain, but it is a great place for discovering new medicines. There are thousands of species of plants that have not been heavily studied which may contain some element of a cure for cancers and other illnesses. With the human population and its high demand to expand their territory, they are cutting down many trees and wiping out entire ecosystems for their wood, coal, and land, leaving these areas as a useless wasteland. Other areas of interest for this topic can cover the diversity of the ecosystem used as a natural water purifier and when preserved could possibly save the human race from this essential need for the human body. The whole biodiversity system itself is very well interconnected on a system. Insects such as bees help pollinate plants by extracting their pollen from the plants and moving them from pant to plant. The wildlife species that graze on nature will produce stool which will decompose and make good fertilizers. The fertilizers will then become food for the plants resulting in an all natural circular process. So taking away parts of nature is like taking away organs of the human body. Every part of the ecosystem plays its own fair part in nature as well as does the organs in the human body and taking that away the ecosystem would ultimately fail.