Human effect on Climate change

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Human effect on Climate change

Farming Livestock

Meat and Dairy production account for 83% of all agriculture land use

Farming Livestock is super insufficient

Farming crops takes less than 20% of Agriculture land but produces over 80% of the worlds calories and about 67% of the world's protein

Accounts for 8-11% of pollution

Pesticides and Fertilizers

Pesticides can be toxic to a host of other organisms including birds, fish, beneficial insects, and non-target plants

Contaminate soil, water, turf, and other vegetation

Toxic Farm chemicals

Poison fresh water, marine ecosystems, air and soil

Nitrogen, nitrates, nitrites, phosphorous, phosphates

Plant-based agriculture grows 512% more pounds of food than animal-based agriculture on 69% of the mass of land that animal-based agriculture uses

Vegetarian diet could solve climate change

More efficient than livestock farming but still has some negative effects

Takes up 80% of land but only produces 20% of calories and only 37% of protein

Space for livestock requires to free up land

Livestock pollutes water in Agriculture harming all species and limiting fresh waters sources

Significant role in deforestation

Produces 18% of the world's greenhouse gasses

Methane

Cattles digest food and release it in the form of methane gas when they burp or fart

Changing the cattle's diet can reduce the level of methane they produce

One cow produces the same amount of emissions as 1000 liters of petrol each year

Methane's effect on our climate is more than 23X that of CO2

Methane traps in the heat of the sun and makes the whole plant warmer

Natural disasters

Nitrous Oxide

300 times more potent and negative effect on our environment that carbon dioxide

Produced in the urine of cattle and also produced in cow dung

Deforestation

Timber Harvest

Interrupts the normal nutrient cycle of the forest, promotes nitrification, and increases nutrient leaching thereby leaving the topsoil impoverished and susceptible to erosion

Reduces ability of the soil to store water and nutrients and kills off newly planted crops

Reduces food and water supply

Logging operations

Provides world supplies

Paper products

Wood

Forest and Tress stores carbon dioxide as they grow

Carbon dioxide gets converted into carbon which is stored in the branches, trunks, roots, leaves and in the soil

Absorbed through photosynthesis

Trees and forest being cleared by being burnt or broke down released the carbon back into the atmosphere contributing to climate change

Destruction of forests causes loss of biodiversity, ecological imbalance, soil compaction, soil erosion, flooding, desert encroachment, and disruption of the hydrological cycle

Many animals and species are neglected from their habitat and left to find a new place where they can safely stay

All these problems result to global warming as they release greenhouses gasses

Agriculture and Infrastructure

Infrastructure directly causes deforestation as the economy expands by freeing up more space

Gas facillities

Roads

Oil mining

generating pollution, fueling climate change, disrupting wildlife and damaging public lands

Agriculture burns down trees in order to cultivate plants and livestock

Responsible for 80% of global deforestation

Rearing animals mainly for food

Growing crops

Burning Fossil Fuels

Releases Greenhouse gasses

Global warming

The Burning of Fossil Fuels traps carbon dioxide in our atmosphere raising the temperature

Higher temperatures lead to chain reaction in our environment

Melting Arctic sea ice

Loss of Habitat for animals in the arctic

Polar bears

Spoken word

Why is it so hot today but tomorrow it’s so cold? It should be fine, lately, the weather seems to have a mind of its own NO! It’s not fine We say the word but don’t know the meaning it brines Marinates in our minds The truth resides in the Climate in that we set our life In the Climate where polar bears are diminishing like high tides 50% of all Polar bears will be lost by 2030 All because humans failed to act We failed to realize It’s okay tho, The consequences will never be big enough to cause a real change We think we’re so smart We think this world just needs a kind heart But in fact it’s quite the opposite Humans will never learn unless they are punished Don’t worry our time is coming too When the entire arctic melts Where do you expect them to go Where do you expect them to hunt Where do you expect them to leave their restless grunts There will be no more playing with glue or having gum to chew There will be polar bears roaming the streets As humans will just become quick eats 2100, 2100 is the year that is projected to be polar bears' last cheer Could you imagine the havoc that would reek if humans were that near I'm so sorry to disappoint No more playing now, Let’s get straight to the point Oh my bad, were you guys waiting Cause I was too Waiting for you to take action Waiting for you to give a reaction Climate change is not a joke It will tear us until we’re broke No matter how much we speak It doesn't seem to come out as anything except a small little squeak 36.44 billion metric tons of fossil fuels just in a year Be careful and keep safe to someone you hold dear Because The end is near No point in crying No point in relaying Relying on world leaders who don’t even believe that it’s a real thing While polar bears are living on toxic land does it not sting Does it not sting!! DOES IT NOT STING!!! We set foot just to abolish these poor little creatures We wipe out everything just to pocket a little change The hope is very little but we can’t disengage Be it Carbon tax or Solar/wind energy We thought it out so cleverly Support by protesting, donating or any form of awareness Life is not long enough to be crying about fairness Year after year, One step at a time Stay strong, No fear Sorry, the end is near

Walrus

Arctic Fox

Narwhales

Raises water levels

Destructive Erosion

More water will push up against the surfaces with more force

Strong backwaves will pull material away from the shoreline and into the sea resulting in erosion

waves can extend further up and along beaches and cliffs

Causes Nastural diasasters

Hurricanes

Floods

Causes wet areas to get wetter

Flodding areas and cities

Causes dry areas to get drier

water evaportion

Dries out soil and vegitation

Bigger and longer droguhts

Air Pollution

Fossil fuels produce hazardous air pollutants, including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, and mercury, all of which are harmful to the environment and human health

1 in 10 people die from air polluted diseases

91% of Humans are breathing in polluted air everyday

Release Nitrogen Oxcides

Acid rain

Precipitation with acidic components

Smog

Smoke from Burning coal

Air pollution that reduces visibility

Water pollution

Oil spills

These spills cause the water to become contaminated and effect our fresh water that is available to us to drink

The water gets contaminated

Poisnous

Loss of Biodiversity

Harms animals

Big oil spills account for 5-12% of total oil pollution to enter oceans

Oil is released into water when there is in accident in large cooperate industries

Mining of coal

Toxic Materials enter water bodies

Acidic water

Heavy Metals contained in a rock

Zinc

All of these different types of Metals enter the water polluting ecosystems and becomes toxic which can have major effects on humans or species who consume the toxic waste

Silver

Lead

Cadmium

Cobalt

Arsenic

Copper

Mine waste