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.
The ozone layer which is our protector from the sun is impacted with the increase of burning fossil fuel such as oil, coal, and natural gas which increases atmospheric carbon dioxide. For all plant growth, phosphorus is an important mineral that is used as fertilizers that assist with plant blooming and production. This key element that plants use is needed for animals and humans and it begins with rain runoff that breaks down rocks which release phosphorus into the ground and eventually into the water supply. Humans’ impact the phosphorus cycle by the over use of manmade fertilizers that eventually returns to the earth and find their way into the ocean. With water pollution ocean life becomes tainted with over fertilization that can lead to death of plant and animal life.
the second cause of global climate change is fluorocarbons. Fluorocarbons are man-made chemicals used in refrigerants, solvents, and anesthetics. These chemicals contribute to the greenhouse effect, warming the Earth. The amount of these gases in the atmosphere and their atmospheric concentration is lower than carbon dioxide but, they are a lot more potent. Even though the use of fluorocarbons has been phased out, they still exist inside of older equipment.
Up to 60% of the human adult body is water. According to H.H. Mitchell, Journal of Biological Chemistry 158, the brain and heart are composed of 73% water, and the lungs are about 83% water. The skin contains 64% water, muscles and kidneys are 79%, and even the bones are watery: 31%. Each day humans must consume a certain amount of water to survive.
For me, doing laundry was the activity that consumes the most water. Every large load of laundry uses 55.0 gallons of water. Activities that use the sink water, such as brushing my teeth and washing my face and hands, only use about 1 gallon of water per minute. Each minute in the shower uses about 3.5 gallons of water. Normally I like to take long shower that end up using a lot of water.
Coloured Cellophanes effects on Photosynthesis Background Theory: For photosynthesis to take place a plant requires carbon dioxide, water, light, chlorophyll and a suitable temperature. The necessity of these factors can be demonstrated by simple experiments either on whole plants or leaves (Moment, Habermann 1973). Autotrophs are organisms capable of making their own food. Autotrophs are also called producers because they can use the energy in sunlight or chemicals to produce food. The process of photosynthesis is when plants use the energy in sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates.
Cox says that we need to reduce the use of air conditioning because it uses fuel to work and burning fuel results in pollution (Cox 344). Air conditioning is one of those technologies which cause global warming due to adding green house gases in the environment. But Cox neglects the benefits of having air conditioning. For instance, AC not only helps to maintain room temperature, but it also removes extra moisture from the air. (“AC also helps to clean the air by removing dust particles in the air”).
Our atmosphere stores gases, known as greenhouse gases, like water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane gas, fluorinated gases, and nitrous oxide. These greenhouse gases trap some of the radiation which warms our planet to allow humans, plants and animals to survive. The dramatic changes to the climate from greenhouse gases is not a natural process which is why the climate changes are such a big issue . Throughout the history of the earth natural climate changes have been known to occur over thousands of years due to the Earth’s orbit and the exposure to the sun. That fact is actually used in arguments for people that believe global warming is a myth.
Human Impact on Cycles Patrece Scales Professor Michael Gehosky October 26, 2012 There are many ways humans have impact on carbon, phosphorus, and nitrogen cycles. The carbon cycle is involved in movement of carbon between atmosphere, biosphere, oceans, and geosphere. Natural gas, oil, and coal are known as fossil fuels. They are commonly burned to generate electricity where ever it is needed. 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.
Carbon dioxide is pulled from the environment outside of the plant and used as a part of photosynthesis to acquire energy and to run life-sustaining processes. As a byproduct of all this work and of this carbon dioxide collection, oxygen is released back into the environment. This process aids human in two ways. First, it removes harmful (to humans) carbon dioxide from the outside air, and secondly, it creates new oxygen for humans to breathe. The second plant process created from light is photomorphogenesis.