Birdy Hour: Beautiful California Biodiversity, Understanding and Protecting It - Livestream

We share the Earth with millions of other species.  But, our planet is experiencing a biodiversity crisis in which a significant portion of these species are in danger of extinction in coming decades.  While the Earth has undergone mass extinctions in the past - such as when a meteor strike doomed the dinosaurs - the current mass extinction event is caused by humans.  This loss of species is a tragedy for the Earth’s ecology and non-human inhabitants, but will also have significant impacts on human societies.  In this talk, we will discuss the causes of the current biodiversity crisis, with a focus on California biodiversity. We will discuss what species are most endangered, what we can do to try to limit the loss of species, and efforts in our region to preserve our local biodiversity, especially endangered plants, invertebrates and animal species.

Speaker: Lynne Trulio, San Jose State University

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