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List and describe the 2 main causes of species extinction happening today.

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habitat destruction, overexploitation, climate change, nitrogen pollution, and invasive species.

Step-by-step explanation:

Main Modern Causes of Extinction:

habitat destruction - the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species.

overexploitation - harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns.

climate change - includes both global warmings driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns.

nitrogen pollution - a form of water pollution, refers to contamination by excessive inputs of nutrients.

invasive species - an introduced organism that negatively alters its new environment.

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