Case study: Does human activity lead to animal extinction? By shamya Sylvester (Ms Bugtti) In this case study I will be answering the question, does human activity lead to animal extinction? I chose this question because I think that it is important that this topic is addressed and people are informed about the effects humans have on the planet. Extinction is the process or event that causes species to die out. There are many different reasons why extinction happens, some of these cause are natural but the majority of them are due to human activity such as deforestation and an increased amount of fossil fuels being used which then leads to global warming.
We should be concerned about this phenomenon because we never know when the climate may change again it may be cold one minute then next it may be so hot that it may be unbearable to stand. Crops getting destroyed, people falling over because of the heat wave. The word Flip-Flop is used to describe a climate change when it happens. Calvin claims that conditions in the North Atlantic Ocean are at the center of concern over climate flip-flop and here are the conditions and why they were caused and why were they dangers: If the climate switches then it can disrupt the food-supply routine and only two percent of the ninety-eight percent can eat. The system allows for a large urban population in the best of time, but not in the case of widespread disruptions.
Outdoor hockey/curling leagues will be impossible to maintain. Canadian communities will need to build indoor rinks or learn how to play lacrosse or other sports inside. Total landmass will be significantly reduced since half of Canada is frozen ocean. Increased number of icebergs from melting glaciers will be an extra obstacle to fishing trawlers, ocean freighters, and water skiers (Global Warming Worries Heat Up In Canada). These effects are just some situations in which global warming has effected Canadians.
Assignment 3: Environmental Issues and the Industrial Revolution * Identify three of the most environmentally negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution and justify your choices. Air Pollution: According to the reading Hiwarale, 2015, said, “The pollution that has resulted from factories involves not only airborne emissions but land and water pollution as well. The primary issue resulting from pollution and carbon emissions is that of global warming. As the temperature rises, the glaciers are melting and oceans are rising. More animal species are becoming endangered or extinct as a result of global warming.” “The carbon emissions, pollution and human health problems that have resulted directly from the Industrial Revolution’s accomplishments have only been disastrous for the world environment.
Houle (2007) found that trees flowered 2-6 days earlier in 2000 than they did in 1900, indicating that global warming is impacting the phenology of plants. This can affect plants by altering their growing seasons, which may have unknown impacts on the plants. Increased temperatures linked to global warming have also been associated with decreased frost resistance, which can lead to an increased amount of damage to trees’ buds (Bannister et al. 2005). Studying these factors is important because it will allow us to understand and predict the changes that will occur due to the evolving climate and
In addition, the ability of forests to soak up man-made carbon dioxide is weakening. The increase of Co2 being released into the atmosphere will affect the climate rather than the Co2 being safely locked away in the trees. Carbon dioxide is considered a primary greenhouse gas, or a gas that traps heat in the atmosphere and can lead to the warming of the planet. Unfortunately this will be an ongoing problem throughout British Columbia’s interior for at least another decade. Ecologically, renewal begins almost immediately; however, if left to do so naturally the process will be slow.
The droughts and increased heat has had negative impacts on local aquatic invertebrates. Aquatic invertebrates are adapted to survive in a particular range of temperature and habitat. But global warming makes it harder to survive. This could lead to the extinction of several species of aquatic invertebrates which in turn would lead to serious consequences of the ecosystem. Many of the aquatic invertebrates are responsible for keeping the ecosystem clean by feeding on litters.
If ongoing pollution cannot be reduced, then the climate is just going to keep getting worse day by day. As a result, not only will a single nation be suffering, but also the entire planet will change due to global warming. Of course, if people can make efficient adaptation plans to control the ongoing global warming and climate change, in the future it can prevent the threat of global warming and many other climate change issues. After all, the consciousness that man could alter the climate of Earth has dawned slowly on their awareness. Work Cited Begley, Sharon.
Common sense says you shouldn’t discover where the edge is by passing over it, but that’s what we’re doing with deforestation and climate change” (553). Desert is considered hot, and now it’s hotter; it also affects the quality of agricultural land. Nature will be destroyed, and the world economy will be going down. Global warming is one of the most challenging environmental problems in existence today. Our life, animals’ life, and plants’ life are becoming worse because we are destroying the environment.
First off, it raises the temperature, and also the excess carbon dioxide that does not go into the atmosphere eventually gets dissolved in the oceans causing them to acidify. Water Changes Changes in water include changes in the water level, temperature, and acidity. In the last hundred years, the sea level has risen about “15 cm (6 inches) due to melting glacier ice and expansion of warmer seawater”, and in the next ninety years, “models predict that sea level may rise as much as 59