Kour, DAhluwalia, KKRamniwas, SKumar, SRustagi, SSingh, SRai, AKYadav, ANAhluwalia, AS.2024-11-302024-11-302024-03Kour D, Ahluwalia KK, Ramniwas S, Kumar S, Rustagi S, Singh S, Rai AK, Yadav AN, Ahluwalia AS. . Environment and climate change: Influence on biodiversity, present scenario, and future prospect . Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology. 2024 Mar; 12(2): 1-122489-70052347-212Xhttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/236691Climate change has become a widespread problem in recent years. It is one of the most important global environmental challenges affecting all the natural ecosystems of the world. Various parameters such as increased CO2 levels, faster glacier melts, and rainfall variability and severe drought have been associated with climate change. Biodiversity is influenced by climate change in different ways including shifts in ranges, changes in relative abundance within species ranges, and subtler changes in activity timing and microhabitat use. Soil properties and water resources are affected by fast changing climate. All these consequences demand for integrated management approaches, proper planning and designing policies to safeguard the biodiversity and hence environment. The present review describes the effect of changing climate on prokaryotic and eukaryotic communities, environment, and economics, the response of communities to such changes and conservation strategies that could be adopted to respond to these changes.BiodiversityClimate changeConservationEconomicsEnvironmentSustainability.Journal ArticleIndiaDepartment of Microbiology, Akal College of Basic Sciences, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Zoology, Akal College of Basic Sciences, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Biotechnology, University Centre for Research and Development, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, IndiaDepartment of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agricultural Science, GLA University, Mathura, IndiaDepartment of Food Technology, School of Applied and Life sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IndiaDepartment of Biochemistry, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh, India; Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, INTI International University, Persiaran Perdana BBN Putra Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, MalaysiaDepartment of Botany, Akal College of Basic Sciences, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, India.