And we won’t admit it. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature there is around 16,000 species at risk of extinction and 41,415 species that are threatened. Many species including ourselves are in danger if we do not look for a solution to prevent it.
In Andrea Wulf’s The Invention of Nature, she introduces Alexander von Humboldt who was the first scientist to notice climate change. Today, it is a big topic since we can see it occur in front us or on the news such as and are warned by scientists how human activities are causing it and about the Anthropocene extinction that is taking place. Humboldt also warned and explained that human activities would have negative consequences for the future generations (Wulf, 6). And he was right. But we are still ignorant to believe that we were and are responsible for the cause and effects of climate change.
He noticed those effects from colonialism in the places that he travelled and it can still be seen today that politics and economics plays a role in climate change. It was during his trip to Venezuela where he realized the effects that human activities of colonialism has on the environment. In colonialism, …show more content…
Humboldt observed that the trees play an important role for the environment. They can help improve the atmosphere by cooling, protect the soil from erosion, and regulate water levels. After the trees were removed, the soil became dry, and the water level dropped. The plants that grows with the tree such as moss, brushwood, etc also died (Wulf, 64). It is a bit ironic since one of the reason was to make room for agriculture, but the land would not be suitable anymore. According to Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez’s article, Social Determinants of Deforestation in Developing Countries, deforestation accounts for 22% of carbon dioxide emission since the tree help process carbon dioxide and turn it into
In Andrea Wulf’s The Invention of Nature, she introduces Alexander von Humboldt who was the first scientist to notice climate change. Today, it is a big topic since we can see it occur in front us or on the news such as and are warned by scientists how human activities are causing it and about the Anthropocene extinction that is taking place. Humboldt also warned and explained that human activities would have negative consequences for the future generations (Wulf, 6). And he was right. But we are still ignorant to believe that we were and are responsible for the cause and effects of climate change.
He noticed those effects from colonialism in the places that he travelled and it can still be seen today that politics and economics plays a role in climate change. It was during his trip to Venezuela where he realized the effects that human activities of colonialism has on the environment. In colonialism, …show more content…
Humboldt observed that the trees play an important role for the environment. They can help improve the atmosphere by cooling, protect the soil from erosion, and regulate water levels. After the trees were removed, the soil became dry, and the water level dropped. The plants that grows with the tree such as moss, brushwood, etc also died (Wulf, 64). It is a bit ironic since one of the reason was to make room for agriculture, but the land would not be suitable anymore. According to Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez’s article, Social Determinants of Deforestation in Developing Countries, deforestation accounts for 22% of carbon dioxide emission since the tree help process carbon dioxide and turn it into