The carbon cycle is based on carbon dioxide which is a very important element because it is a part of all life. All living things are made of elements such as oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. There are such compounds that are necessary for life such as sugars, fats, proteins etc. that joins with carbon to form these essential elements. Carbon is not just in all living things; carbon is also present in the earth’s atmosphere, soils, crust, and oceans. When we look at earth as a system, these components act as storage for large amounts of carbon and when there is movement between these storages, they connect to create cycles. An example of such cycle is photosynthesis in which the carbon in the atmosphere is used to create new plant material. Over time, these plants die or decay, are harvested by humans, or burned for energy or in wildfires. All these processes, which are movements that can cycle carbon back into the atmosphere, are amongst various components within the ecosystems, and after a while releases the carbon back into the atmosphere. Humans breathe oxygen in which plants breathe carbon dioxide and releases oxygen and when human’s burn trees and other solid carbon deposits into the atmosphere, the plants that breathe the CO2 can’t keep up and the CO2 is building up. While the CO2 builds up fast since the past hundreds of years, it traps solar heat and increases the global temperature rapidly. This is not good for humans and if this chain reaction continues, who knows if humans will be able to deal with the ultimate temperature change.…
In America, transportation is an important part of our life but what's more important is the road. Have you ever wondered how it all started and the significance of the road. The roads improved our economically drastically by providing jobs, profit, and expanding our economy. Politically it helped citizens in many ways, protection and security, military purposes, and it improved technology. There were some issues that were brought up, environmental issues where the roads destroyed trees and landscape and that some of the roads destroyed or went through other people’s property. Socially, it provided communication and easy travel, connecting family and friends with one another. The Interstate Highway Act is an important part of American history…
Intensified agriculture can also destruct wildlife habitats. This can happen because farmers need more land to make more crops. They end up killing the homes for many wild life creatures.…
The main idea of the article is the affect of deforestation on the environment, wildlife and climate change. Deforestation results in soil deterioration. Forests store nutrients that are required for all plant life. Without trees to fill these roles, many forest’s lands can quickly become barren deserts. Deforestation also impacts the habitat for million species. Majority of Earth’s land animals and plants live in forests, and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes. Deforestation also drives climate change. Forest soils are moist, but without protection from sun-blocking tree cover they quickly dry out. Trees also help conserve the water cycle by returning water vapor back into the atmosphere. Trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis. Cutting down forests will cause a decline in photosynthetic activity which results in the…
But deforestation has a negative impact on the environment, and the loss of habitat for millions of species is a very dramatic one. According to the World Wildlife Fund Organization, forests are home to 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity, and the majority of these species cannot survive the destruction of their homes. Linda Maree emphasizes this concern in her “Hiking the Fakahatchee Strand” essay from the Wildbranch anthology, “Once all the harvestable trees were cut, the timber companies took their saws and rail lines elsewhere, leaving bruised and ailing ecosystem behind” (58). Conservation is the preservation of natural resources through the implementation of control and care. It is up to us to maintain a favorable balance or balance…
Human beings have inhabited the Earth for six or seven million years ("Natural History Museum", n.d.), but that is merely a fraction of the existence of this planet. Human beings have a penitence for gathering into groups and forming cities where industrial developments take place. The Industrial Revolution in America brought jobs and new products as well as technology. This is happening in other developing countries such as China and India today. Since our country has developed further into the digital age, our scientists have been able to observe the devastating effects that unregulated industry can have on the environment, and in turn, have on the people who dwell there. Now, there are many efforts in advancing our understanding and cohabitation with the natural world, and trying to reverse the damage that has been done.…
The world is currently undergoing changes unlike ever recorded before in human history. Record breaking temperatures are occurring more frequently, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are at their highest rates since the Jurassic period, and a rapidly increasing population, fully reliant on our planets natural resources, are beginning to push the earth to its limit. On a local level, these environmental changes are having a significant impact on California’s environment. If this trend continues, California could experience devastating blows to its agriculture industry, a massive source of revenue. Perhaps the most important question to ask ourselves right now is; how can we reduce the impact that we have on California’s environment? So that we may…
a. Demography and disease: The demography of the world has been increased ever since the beginning of time. We have reached the point of having a population of roughly over seven billion. Disease has taken the demography of the world for a spin, decreasing it rapidly, or slowly. As stated on page #195, great stretches of Germany was full of “famine, disease, roaming packs of wolves”…
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” (Emerson, 2012) This quote explains the life and hard times of Luis Perez and his family. Luis Perez emigrated from Argentina to the United States with his wife, eight children, and his parents to build a better life. They left behind most of their belongings and bought a piece of land to start a winery business. The family structure was a traditional style and the grandparents were resistant to the changes in language and culture in the U.S. Luis began his family with his high school sweetheart at the age of 20. Luis was considered to be in the early adulthood stage in his life. As he transitioned into middle adulthood, the move was one of his first life transitions. Luis lost his father Ramon and shortly after that his health took a turn for the worst. This changed the dynamic of his traditional family setting and affected each family member in a different way.…
Our habitual behaviors that we have learned can be modified to support sustainability. Doing things like turning off a light when you are not using it, or unplugging appliances that are not in use, can conserve energy. If everyone modifies their behavior this way, we can conserve a lot…
How would you feel if someone came into your home and completely destroyed it? We, humans, are becoming increasingly more dangerous to our own environment, and with that comes negative effects on out wild life. Animals are getting fatal diseases, losing their habitat, and ultimately, losing their lives. We are not only endangering the animals, but ourselves as well. We cannot survive without the animals on earth. “They do two times more for us than all of the industries and the economy does” according to the documentary The 11th Hour, that explains how destructive we are to our planet and how crucial it is that we change our ways. Once our wild life is gone, it will be close to impossible to grow it back. We need to change what we are doing, for the sake of the animals on Earth. We have been killing them for too long, and need to start help grow our planet back to save them.…
In a span of few year more than 203 geog have been connected with road access [NSB, 2013]. Road construction is usually through thick forest which is covered with old tress and it destroys the beauty of nature and common resources but on the other hand people feel more reliable with the road access for their daily transportation which makes easier to transport more timbers whereby deforestation will take place naturally and have long term environmental concern.…
Fast population growth and global environmental transformation is two subjects that have received considerable public thought over the past several decades. Population boost become a global public policy issue during the mind twentieth century as mortality declines in many developing nations were not matched with reductions in fertility resulting in unprecedented growth rates.…
On the other hand, not only human is affected but the animals are also related firmly to the tress in global ecology system. If the forest’s destruction rate…
There are many factors that are caused by humans that are affecting our planet and for consequently its destruction.…