About Lupus. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can affect various parts of the body, including the skin, joints, heart, lungs, blood, kidneys, and brain.Normally, the body's immune system makes proteins called antibodies to protect the body against viruses, bacteria, and other foreign materials.bout Lupus. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can affect various parts of the body, including the skin, joints, heart, lungs, blood, kidneys, and brain.
The source document for this Digest states: Biodiversity change is caused by a range of drivers. A driver is any natural or human-induced factor that directly or indirectly causes a change in an ecosystem. A direct driver unequivocally influences ecosystem processes. An indirect driver operates more diffusely, by altering one or more direct drivers. Important direct drivers affecting biodiversity are habitat change, climate change, invasive species, overexploitation, and pollution (CF4, C3, C4.3, S7). No single measure or indicator represents the totality of the various drivers.
Causes of biodiversity loss have become all too apparent and it is really painful to realize that we-the human race-are one major problem as far as biodiversity preservation is concerned. We covered this topic to a certain degree in our Animal Extinction article, and we also summarize the main points below.