Impact of Carbon, Phosphorus, and Nitrogen Cycles

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Impact of Carbon, Phosphorus, and Nitrogen Cycles Environmental Science Brittney Pinckney 1/25/2013 When it comes to the ecosystems, the cycling impact can change a lot of things when it comes to humans. Humans have important duties when it comes to the atmosphere and keeping the air clean. The air pollution is created by us humans by putting gases, fumes from vehicles and smoke into the air increases the pollution. There are three key elements that are affected by human activates: carbon, phosphorus, and nitrogen. The carbon cycle is a process that transfers carbon among producers, organisms, and consumers to indicate two particular places it comes from and its oceans and the combustion of fossil fuels, which releases CO2 to the atmosphere. Humans are putting a huge impact on the carbon cycle. Humans are expanding business and housing developments and in the process are chopping down timbers and removing plants which releases significant amounts of CO2 to the atmosphere. The Phosphorus cycle represents the cycles of all the biologically important mineral nutrients. Phosphate comes from a rock that gradually breaks down and will release other ions. Human impacts phosphorus cycle by using phosphorus containing fertilizers to make animal feed, detergents, and other products. This cycle is a common limiting factor in soils and added to croplands to greatly stimulate the production. When this cycle moves from the soil and gradually makes it way to the ocean, it creates problems such as water pollution. The Nitrogen cycle has similarities to the carbon cycle and the phosphorus cycle. Both carbon and nitrogen cycles both have gas phases, and Phosphorus and Nitrogen act with limited factors. The human impact is important when it comes to the involvement in the nitrogen cycle. When humans are growing crops such as beans, peas, soybeans, they draw nitrogen from the air
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