Each of these impacts normally has a bad side effect that ruins an ecosystem. The Carbon cycle is the flow of carbon throughout an ecosystem. An example of this cycle would be grass absorbing carbon dioxide from the air then having a cow eat the grass, which would be then eaten by a human. Humans effect this cycle more commonly out of the three. Anytime we burn fossil fuels the carbon cycle is being affected.
“Their influence is known as the greenhouse gases, which are carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and water vapor”(“American Meteorological Society 2007”). These gases mixes with the sun ultraviolet rays, disburse into the earth atmosphere with harmful results. Carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels is one way the human activities effects the environment. Carbon dioxide from the exhaust of cars in heavily polluted cities, farming machinery such as tractors, and smokestacks of refinery companies are just some of the ways carbon dioxide gases are release into the atmosphere by human contributors. The nitrous oxide gases affect the aquatic ecosystem food web chains, which leads from the smallest phytoplankton up to the largest mammal, which is man.
With water pollution ocean life becomes tainted with over fertilization that can lead to death of plant and animal life. Running head: Carbon, Phosphorus, and Nitrogen Cycles 2 Nitrogen is very important to all living cells and is found in large amounts in our atmosphere and like phosphorus, is needed by most organic material to survive. The nitrogen cycle begins when producers absorb and then incorporate the nitrogen into useable
When something is fossilized, carbon dioxide gets trapped underground. The only way to get the carbon dioxide out is to burn the fossil(Wright, & Boorse, 2014). Humans have a big impact in the Carbon cycle. One of the main sources that give carbon dioxide is plants. We have removed a lot of plants to make more factories.
When a human use oil in his/her car, van, or truck, they have a great bid of impact on carbon, because when oil is being burned carbon is released into the atmosphere at a very fast rate, than it is removed. The carbon cycle can be affected when carbon dioxide either when carbon is released into the atmosphere or removed from it. Using natural gas is another way human impact on carbon, for the simple reason, we have to use gas to cook food in our homes and for transportation in our vehicles. Human also has an impact on phosphorus by moving it around and it become runoffs. What I mean by that is like in agriculture, phosphates are from a large amount of fertilizer that are being sprayed by farmer workers, in which they have all these different types of chemicals cause problems to the earth.
Introduction: The reasons for this study it to show the effect of acid rain on plants more specifically sunflower, radish, and clovers. The hypothesis is that the plant would ether die or be severely damaged due to constant exposure of the acid rain. With that in mind there is already historical evidence showing how exposure to Acid rain has caused damage in forests. One example is the Great Smoky Mountains national parks were acid rain has damaged and or kill an entire section of the forest. The reason to do this experiment is to show awareness towards this growing environments problem that is killing many important environments and ecosystems.
The main source of nitrogen is in the air. The plants combine the nitrogen and make compounds like protein, and nuclear acid. Then the nitrogen flows through the ecosystem threw the producers, to the composers, to the
Humans pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere burn everyday by burning using excessive energy, fossil flue and even by simply breathing we are releasing more and more carbon dioxide. Who are the winners and losers among marine organisms in a more acidic ocean? There are some creatures in the world ocean that may benefit from the higher amount of carbonic acid such as photosynthetic algae and sea grass. Much like plants, both of these organisms breathe in carbon dioxide in order to live. However, there is a larger list of organisms that do not benefit from the carbonic acid in the world ocean.
What impacts might result if everyone in the world enjoyed the same lifestyle? For example, what might the impacts be on: • Earth’s climate? The earth would be tremendously ruined because everyone would be using fossil gas that we burn for our usage, and the fertilizer that farmers use on their farms to grow crops • The health of ecosystems and biodiversity? A lot of animals will go instinct so we will have food storage. We will also have air and water pollution that will start diseases for us humans.
Introduction Acid rain refers to a phenomenon in which "[precipitation] from the atmosphere [contains] higher than normal amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids". The precipitation that results in acid rain comes from the pollution emitted by human activities, such as factories, electrical power plants and automobiles. Two main pollutants are sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), which reacts with substances in the atmosphere, such as water and oxygen, to form acid rain. While rain water has a pH of 5.6, acid rain has a pH of 5 or less, which is acidic enough to harm plant life. Due to the reactivity of acid rain, the cell processes of plants are disrupted, and the cells die or become unable to function properly.