The Endangered Freshwater Turtles

Endangered freshwater turtles

Accordingly, there are environmental concerns around the global world about the decreased population of the different endangered populations of species. This speculation has fostered the notion that there is a need to conserve the habitats of the various species. The freshwater turtle is one of the endangered species on the list. Reports outline that there is a constant decrease in the population of these species due to an intermingling of various factors and features. In fact, some of the marine biologists assert that the population may continue to decrease significantly as a result of the effects of the environment and the changing climate

(Usuda et al., 2012). Many reasons result in the observation of this dwindling population.

Environmental pollution is a major cause of the destruction of the freshwater turtles.

The role of pollution in this discussion is multi-factorial. It is the reason for the causation of global warming in the world. The release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere results in the destruction of the ozone layer. Consequently, the process results in the increase of global temperatures due to the penetration of harmful sunlight rays into the global sphere and the lack of escape. Pollution results in the formation of acidic rain due to the generation of fumes that mix with rainwater resulting in the production of acidic water. The standard fumes are

Sulphur dioxide and Nitric Oxide which react to form sulfurous acid and nitrous acid, respectively. A decrease in pH around water bodies usually results in the reduced population of many species including the freshwater turtles. This fact is worth considering based on the fact that many of these organisms depend typically survive in neutral environments. This observation is one of the primary reasons for the decrease in freshwater turtle