How Do We Impact Earth

How Do We Impact the Earth?
There are many natural processes that the Earth goes through daily to maintain our life on this planet. As visitors on this planet we have been intrusive and insensitive to her needs as these cycles complete. We have taken away the harmony once reached between Earth and her occupants. We have taken the many gifts given to us and abused and mistreated them. Now we are trying to finds to fix and apologize for our mistakes.
The impact on the Carbon Cycle is mostly due to the lack of education given to most people about what these cycles actually are. Not many of us understand the importance of the carbon cycle or what makes this cycle is. When we create new building structure or gated communities, we need to understand that this is causing a 40% drop in productivity when photosynthesis occurs (Wright & Boorse, 2011). This drop is from all the deforestation and soil degradation (Wright, 2011). We also should recognize as we drive our cars, heat our homes or any other type of action that causes fossil fuel to burn this aids in lowering the productivity percentage.
The impact on the Phosphorus cycle is probably the slowest cycle but we a pumping out high amount which the environment is not able to recover from as it normally would. “This is a slow process is the normal of replenishing phosphorus that is lost because of runoff and leaching”(Wright, 2011). This cycle is important for the growth of many plants. This cycle is being damaged from the use PO3/4in fertilizers which we put in the ground and it makes its to our oceans and streams. This then contaminants the water and uses up the phosphorus that is coming out of the Earth’s Crust.

The last cycle discussed was the Nitrogen Cycle. This cycle is needed for many important reasons such as the nitrogen fixation process. This process is also important to humans because of the nitrogen fixation process. But just like the other cycles our everyday practices have greatly harmed this cycle. We have overharvested certain crops, over using nitrogen in fertilizers, and burning fossil. These practices have caused the nitrogen in the atmosphere to land rate to double (Wright & Boorse, 2011). These high amounts of nitrogen on land have caused very dire consequences for the Earth.

References
Wright, R. T., & Boorse, D. F. (2011). Environmental Science Toward A Sustainable Future 11e. In R. T. Wright, & D. F. Boorse, the Cycling Of Matter in Ecosystems (pp. 68-70). San Francisco: Pearson.

Wright, T. (2011, August). How Humans Impact the each Cycle. Retrieved August 2013, from http://www.studymode.com: http://www.studymode.com/mobile/essays/How-Humans-Impact-Each-Cycle-1487165.html

References: Wright, R. T., & Boorse, D. F. (2011). Environmental Science Toward A Sustainable Future 11e. In R. T. Wright, & D. F. Boorse, the Cycling Of Matter in Ecosystems (pp. 68-70). San Francisco: Pearson. Wright, T. (2011, August). How Humans Impact the each Cycle. Retrieved August 2013, from http://www.studymode.com: http://www.studymode.com/mobile/essays/How-Humans-Impact-Each-Cycle-1487165.html