Human Impact on the Environment
Habitat reduction by Humans
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Human beings are dependent on the Earth 's diversity of species for our survival. Wild species play a vital role in the maintenance of the planet 's ecological functions, yet every day on the planet 40-100 species become extinct. Many countries across the world do not have an endangered species act that is strong enough to protect varying species from the destruction of humans.
All over the globe humans are determined in building more houses and roads to supply the growing population of its residence, making their lives easier but not sparing a thought to the many habitats, lives and even species that they will destroy when doing so. A recent local …show more content…
Coal and oil contain sulfur when these fuels are burned sulfur dioxide is given off into the air. Although tall chimneys of factories send sulfur dioxide into the air some of it still dissolves in rainwater and forms an acid, this is what 's known as acid rain it can reduce tree/plant growth and damage leaves, it also slowly dissolves limestone and mortar on buildings. This form of pollution has been going on for many years and getting worse, in some places, it is destroying forests and contributing to the death of fish.
Information on how the greenhouse effect affects the earth. The earth 's surface receives and absorbs radiant heat from the sun. As shown in the diagram below, it re-radiates some of its heat back into space while the remainder is absorbed and warms the earth. The energy radiated from the surface of the earth in the form of long wavelength is absorbed by the earth 's atmosphere. The atmosphere acts like the glass in a greenhouse, it lets in heat and light from the sun but reduces but reduces the amount of heat that escapes. Not all the atmospheric/greenhouse gasses are equally effective at absorbing the infrared radiation oxygen and …show more content…
These gasses are at low concentrations but if these were to continue increasing the climate would get warmer. The largest build up of methane gas is over rubbish tips and cattle/rice fields. most tips have got pipes which collect the methane gas caused by the breakdown of organic matter such as vegetables and paper, this gas can be used as fuel. Methane gas , however, contributes to the greenhouse effect and as cattle/rice fields have no method of collecting the natural production of the gas it is left and contributes to global warming.
Global mean surface temperatures have increased 0.5-1.0°F since the late 19th century. The 20th century 's 10 warmest years all occurred in the last 15 years of the century. Of these, 1998 was the warmest year on record. The snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere and floating ice in the Arctic Ocean has decreased. Globally, sea level has risen 4-8 inches over the past century. Worldwide precipitation over land has increased by about one percent and especially in the United States frequency of extreme rainfall events has
Habitat reduction by Humans
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Human beings are dependent on the Earth 's diversity of species for our survival. Wild species play a vital role in the maintenance of the planet 's ecological functions, yet every day on the planet 40-100 species become extinct. Many countries across the world do not have an endangered species act that is strong enough to protect varying species from the destruction of humans.
All over the globe humans are determined in building more houses and roads to supply the growing population of its residence, making their lives easier but not sparing a thought to the many habitats, lives and even species that they will destroy when doing so. A recent local …show more content…
Coal and oil contain sulfur when these fuels are burned sulfur dioxide is given off into the air. Although tall chimneys of factories send sulfur dioxide into the air some of it still dissolves in rainwater and forms an acid, this is what 's known as acid rain it can reduce tree/plant growth and damage leaves, it also slowly dissolves limestone and mortar on buildings. This form of pollution has been going on for many years and getting worse, in some places, it is destroying forests and contributing to the death of fish.
Information on how the greenhouse effect affects the earth. The earth 's surface receives and absorbs radiant heat from the sun. As shown in the diagram below, it re-radiates some of its heat back into space while the remainder is absorbed and warms the earth. The energy radiated from the surface of the earth in the form of long wavelength is absorbed by the earth 's atmosphere. The atmosphere acts like the glass in a greenhouse, it lets in heat and light from the sun but reduces but reduces the amount of heat that escapes. Not all the atmospheric/greenhouse gasses are equally effective at absorbing the infrared radiation oxygen and …show more content…
These gasses are at low concentrations but if these were to continue increasing the climate would get warmer. The largest build up of methane gas is over rubbish tips and cattle/rice fields. most tips have got pipes which collect the methane gas caused by the breakdown of organic matter such as vegetables and paper, this gas can be used as fuel. Methane gas , however, contributes to the greenhouse effect and as cattle/rice fields have no method of collecting the natural production of the gas it is left and contributes to global warming.
Global mean surface temperatures have increased 0.5-1.0°F since the late 19th century. The 20th century 's 10 warmest years all occurred in the last 15 years of the century. Of these, 1998 was the warmest year on record. The snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere and floating ice in the Arctic Ocean has decreased. Globally, sea level has risen 4-8 inches over the past century. Worldwide precipitation over land has increased by about one percent and especially in the United States frequency of extreme rainfall events has