Many parents of children who have asthma believe that asthma can affect their child's emotional well-being. You can work with your child's doctor to learn ways of dealing with asthma to take away some, if not most, of your and your child's anxiety.any parents of children who have asthma believe that asthma can affect their child's emotional well-being. You can work with your child's doctor to learn ways of dealing with asthma to take away some, if not most, of your and your child's anxiety.
Biodiversity crisis is worse than climate change, experts say Date: January 20, 2012 Source: University of Copenhagen Summary: Biodiversity is declining rapidly throughout the world. The challenges of conserving the world's species are perhaps even larger than mitigating the negative effects of global climate change, experts say. Share:
Biodiversity hotspot A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region that is both a significant reservoir of biodiversity and is threatened with destruction. The term biodiversity hotspot specifically refers to 25 biologically rich areas around the world that have lost at least 70 percent of their original habitat. The remaining natural habitat in these biodiversity hotspots amounts to just 1.4 percent of the land surface of the planet, yet supports nearly 60 percent of the world's plant, bird, mammal, reptile, and amphibian species.