In the history of this earth, there have been five mass extinction. Today earth is facing its sixth. This is mainly humanity’s fault because we are always taking from the environment and never giving back to it, even though this world is not just ours. We share this world with other organisms, but we are stealing it from them in the urban sprawl. The urban sprawl is the uncontrolled growth of urban areas. The Urban sprawl began all the way back in the 1830’s when urban areas began growing more rapidly than rural areas. This growth was aided by industrialization in 1890, this growth slowed for the great depression and the green revolution, but is still expanding today. By today we are urbanizing uncontrollably and this is decreasing the biodiversity
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People are only solving pollution in their own areas, pushing it onto others or into ecosystems.They force pollution into the water, hurting and sometimes killing organisms that survive in and around the body of water. The pollutants that get into the water are consumed by fish so anything that eats the fish may become sick. Pollutants also go into the air which hurts organisms that need the air to survive. For animals, air pollution causes respiratory problems. When too much sulfuric acid is let into the environment it causes acid deposition, killing fish and other organisms. This acid erodes rock, paint, and skin, and it corrodes metal. The organisms are forced to put up with the pollution, and are getting sick and dying because of it. All this pollution from the urban sprawl is cutting down the biodiversity of our planet. Like the other two effects of the urban sprawl, pollution is mainly caused by humans. It is a byproduct of burning coal because when coal is burned, it releases harmful chemicals like sulfur, lead, mercury, chromium, arsenic, and cadmium. These chemicals can cause sickness, chronic illness, and death to any organism that comes in contact with it. The catalytic converter that was discusses earlier is the fix we currently have for car emissions. Clean coal is how the United States of America have fixed the problem, but many other countries continue to burn coal and pollute the air. The urban sprawl has also given the consumer more plastic than the consumer knows what to do with. People often just throw their trash on the floor, which harms species that live in that area. Even if the trash makes it to the landfill, the trash still has to be buried, polluting the environment. Using reusable bags, towels, napkins, etc. is a great way to reduce the amount of pollutants that harm species living in ecosystems. Recycling, although inefficient, can prevent many
People are only solving pollution in their own areas, pushing it onto others or into ecosystems.They force pollution into the water, hurting and sometimes killing organisms that survive in and around the body of water. The pollutants that get into the water are consumed by fish so anything that eats the fish may become sick. Pollutants also go into the air which hurts organisms that need the air to survive. For animals, air pollution causes respiratory problems. When too much sulfuric acid is let into the environment it causes acid deposition, killing fish and other organisms. This acid erodes rock, paint, and skin, and it corrodes metal. The organisms are forced to put up with the pollution, and are getting sick and dying because of it. All this pollution from the urban sprawl is cutting down the biodiversity of our planet. Like the other two effects of the urban sprawl, pollution is mainly caused by humans. It is a byproduct of burning coal because when coal is burned, it releases harmful chemicals like sulfur, lead, mercury, chromium, arsenic, and cadmium. These chemicals can cause sickness, chronic illness, and death to any organism that comes in contact with it. The catalytic converter that was discusses earlier is the fix we currently have for car emissions. Clean coal is how the United States of America have fixed the problem, but many other countries continue to burn coal and pollute the air. The urban sprawl has also given the consumer more plastic than the consumer knows what to do with. People often just throw their trash on the floor, which harms species that live in that area. Even if the trash makes it to the landfill, the trash still has to be buried, polluting the environment. Using reusable bags, towels, napkins, etc. is a great way to reduce the amount of pollutants that harm species living in ecosystems. Recycling, although inefficient, can prevent many