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Human Impact On Ecosystem

Human activities are negatively impacting ecosystems in many ways. Land use changes from deforestation and development degrade habitats. Agricultural practices like using fertilizers and pesticides pollute soil and waterways. Greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel use and industry are enhancing the greenhouse effect and causing global warming. Air and water pollution from transportation, power plants, factories and other sources also damage the environment. Collectively, these human-caused changes are disrupting natural nutrient cycles and energy flows within ecosystems.

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Human Impact On Ecosystem

Human activities are negatively impacting ecosystems in many ways. Land use changes from deforestation and development degrade habitats. Agricultural practices like using fertilizers and pesticides pollute soil and waterways. Greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel use and industry are enhancing the greenhouse effect and causing global warming. Air and water pollution from transportation, power plants, factories and other sources also damage the environment. Collectively, these human-caused changes are disrupting natural nutrient cycles and energy flows within ecosystems.

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HUMAN IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEM

PRESENTED BY:
Luis Alfonso Crisostomo
8 - Perseverance
WHAT IS ECOSYSTEM
 An ecosystem is a large community of living organisms (plants,
animals and microbes) in a particular area. The living and physical
components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy
flows. Ecosystems are of any size, but usually they are in particular
places.
 Ecology is study of interactions between non-living and living
components in the environment.
 light
 water
 wind
 nutrients in soil
 heat
 solar radiation
 atmosphere, etc.
 Living organisms…
 Plants
 Animals
 microorganisms in soil, etc.
 Nonliving
 dead organic matter
 nutrients in the soil and water.
 Producers
 green plants
 Consumers
 herbivores and carnivores
 Decomposers
 fungi and bacteria
Ecology: Levels of Organization in the Environment

 Biosphere
 Surface of the earth
 Composed of many ecosystems
 Ecosystem
 Large or small as we decide
 Population – one species live in one place at one time
 Community – All populations (diff. species) that live in a
particular area.
 Habitat – physical location of community
 Organism – simplest level of organization

 Ecology is an integrated and dynamic study of the


environment.
HUMAN IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEM

 DIRECT
 Land Use
 Construction and Excavation
 Agricultural Practices
 Nuclear program

 INDIRECT
 Ozone Depletion
 Acid Rain
 Greenhouse Effect
 Pollution
 LAND USE
 Degradation can be deforestation, desertification,
soil erosion, mineral depletion, or chemical
degradation
 AGRICULTURE PRACTICES
 Inorganic Fertilizers
 Pesticides & insecticides
Increased to 2.5 million tons annually. World Health Organization
estimated in 1992 that 3 million pesticide poisonings occur
annually, causing 220,000 deaths.
 Decomposition of organic matter in the soil
Much of the methane emitted into the atmosphere is caused by the
decomposition of organic matter in wet soils such as rice paddies.
Wet or anaerobic soils also lose nitrogen through denitrification,
releasing the greenhouse gas nitric oxide.
 CONSTRUCTION AND EXCAVATION
 Human Activity
 Dam Construction
 Increased
urbanization
 Multipurpose
projects
 River line and Coastal Erosion
 NUCLEAR PROGRAM
Nuclear weapons emit large amounts of thermal radiation as
visible, infrared and ultraviolet light
o Anthropogenic changes .
Chief hazards are burns and eye injuries.
 OZONE DEPLETION

 Ozone is the shield in the


upper atmosphere
that protects us from
ultraviolet radiation
 Chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs) are a class of
chemicals involved in
ozone destruction
 Depletion, harms living
organisms
 Exposure to UV is linked to
disorders in humans,
including cataracts, skin
cancer, and weakened
immune systems.
 Effects on crops
 CFC
 Coolant in refrigerators and air conditioners
 The propellant in aerosol dispensers
 The foaming agent in the production of plastic foam cups
and containers
 ACID RAIN
 Acid rain is a popular
term referring to the
deposition of wet (rain,
snow, sleet, fog and
cloudwater, dew) and
dry (acidifying particles
and gases) acidic
components.
 A more accurate term
is “acid deposition”.
 Principal cause of acid rain
is sulphur and nitrogen
compounds from human
sources such as
electricity generation,
factories and motor
vehicles.
 Coal power plants are one
of the most polluting
 Some factories have short funnels to let out smoke and this
caused many problems locally
ACID RAIN EFFECT - An extremely destructive form of
pollution, and the environment suffers from its effects.
 Forests, trees, lakes, animals, and plants suffer from acid rain.
 The needles and leaves of the trees turn brown and fall off.
 Lakes are also damaged by acid rain.
 Buildings, Acid rain dissolves the stonework and mortar of
buildings
 Humans can become seriously ill, and can even die from the effects
of acid rain
 GREENHOUSE EFFECT
 Greenhouse effect is a naturally occurring process that aids in
heating the Earth’s surface and atmosphere
 Without the greenhouse effect life on this planet would
probably not exist as the average temperature of the Earth
would be a chilly -18°
 Atmospheric gases, such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, and
methane, are able to change the energy balance of the planet by
absorbing long wave radiation emitted from the Earth's surface.
Main sources of greenhouse gases:
 burning of fossil fuels and deforestation
 use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
 agricultural activities, including the use of fertilizers etc.

 GLOBAL WARMING is a gradual increase in the overall temperature


of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse
effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide,
chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.
 POLLUTION
 Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an
environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort
to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms.
 Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy
such as noise, heat, or light.
 Pollutants, the elements of pollution, can be foreign substances or
energies, or naturally occurring; when naturally occurring, they are
considered contaminants when they exceed natural levels.
Types of Pollution
Air Pollution

Water Pollution Light Pollution

Noise Pollution

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