â¢Habitat Degradation â decline in habitat quality, affects many but not. all species, may be temporary; Primary cause of species extinction. globally and in most countries. â¢Habitat Loss â habitat changed in way that usually adversely affects. most or all species, effects longer term.
Waltham (/ËwÉËlËÎ¸Ã¦m/) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, and was an early center for the labor movement as well as a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution.
Stoneham is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Its population was 21,437 at the 2010 census, down from 22,219 in 2000. The town is the birthplace of Olympic figure skating medalist Nancy Kerrigan and is the home of the Stone Zoo. The earliest documented mention of the territory now called Stoneham dates to the year 1632, when on February 7 Governor Winthrop and his party came upon this area. They found Spot Pond and ate their lunch on a place they called Cheese Rock, now known as Bear Hill.