What Are Environmental Changes Affecting Organisms

Environmental Changes Affecting Organisms The world's climates is being affected by our way of life. Many of these changes aren't just hurting the plants and animals indigenous to these climates, it is also hurting us. Freshwater lakes and ponds, the Arctic ice caps, and humans are being affected by what is going on in the world. Many of the organisms in these freshwater lakes and ponds respond to the changes in their climate in two ways. They either can not respond, therefore, the number of that organism decreases and can become extinct, or they adapt so well that they overpowers other organisms causing the other organisms to become extinct. In the Arctic, ice caps have started to melt causing many animals to be stranded. All of these environmental changes are also affecting us humans.

Freshwater lakes and ponds have drastically been affected due to the climate change we have noticed over the past few years. One organism that …show more content…
Some of these crops may include corn, which we depend on for more than just eating. Millions of people are affected because of altering the amount and quality of the crops that we grow (http://www.hsph.harvard.edu). Many organisms that pollinate our food have been decreasing because how we treat their habitats. For example, bees have be dying in large numbers meaning there are less bees to pollinate the crops causing there to not be as many. Less pollination means the crops will become less nutrient causing there to be more diseases (http://www.hsph.harvard.edu). Another study has shown that increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide could cause zinc deficiency because of lower levels of zinc in the crops (http://www.hsph.harvard.edu). This meaning that in the atmosphere the levels of carbon dioxide are increasing making the levels of zinc drop which can lead to low levels of zinc in