Protecting land and animals will mitigate future pandemics, report says

"The science is not in dispute at all about this. Deforestation is a prime driver of pandemics," says Lee Hannah, a climate scientist for Conservation International who specializes in the effects of forest loss.....

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2020/10/protecting-land-animals-will-mitigate-future-pandemics-report-says/

North America has lost 29% of its birds in 50 years - The Washington Post

Slowly, steadily and almost imperceptibly, North America’s bird population is dwindling.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/09/19/north-america-has-lost-billion-birds-years/

Ocean Heat Waves Are Threatening Marine Life - NYTimes

Scientists say the heat waves are becoming more common and longer, and are killing off the species that underpin many marine ecosystems...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/climate/marine-heat-waves.html

Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report finds - the guardian

The huge loss is a tragedy in itself but also threatens the survival of civilisation, say the world's leading scientists ...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/30/humanity-wiped-out-animals-since-1970-major-report-finds

Plastic Pollution Has Infested Pristine Antarctic Fjords at Similar Level to Open Oceans - Newsweek

"It has become clear that microplastics are dispersing all over the world—in the water column, sediment, and marine animal diets—even reaching as far south as the pristine environments of Antarctica." ....
https://www.newsweek.com/plastic-pollution-has-infested-pristine-antarctic-fjords-similar-level-open-1026178

Earth's Oceans Suffocating And Creating More 'Dead Zones': Study : SCIENCE : Tech Times

Parts of the world's oceans with zero oxygen have increased up to four times according to a new study by an international team of scientists. This is problematic because it threatens the destruction of marine ecosystems and because a majority of the Earth's oxygen comes from the oceans.....
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/218187/20180107/earths-oceans-suffocating-and-creating-more-dead-zones-study.htm