HUMAN IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Loss of Biodiversity
Kills bees
Less honey
Less jobs
Corrupts economy
Less food for animals
Less animals
Disrupted food web
They ate the thatch that the roofs
were made from so the houses collapsed
Hunting
Eastern wolverine population decreases
Population of Mousse, Caribou,
and rabbits increases
Less grasses and plants
Disturbed forests
Disrupted food web
Pollution
Burning fossil fuels
Creates SO2
Causes acid rain
Goes into the lakes, streams
and wetlands
Makes them acidic
Absorbs aluminium that
is in soil
Kills aquatic plants
Kills fish that eat
the plants
Less food
Less jobs
Less food for some birds
Less birds
Soil releases toxins
Plants get poisoned
Plants die
Less animals
Less food
Loss of jobs
Smoke from cars, planes,
Factories etc...
Extra Carbon dioxide
Global warming
Kills plants
Kills animals that eat the plants
Disrupts food webs
Less food for humans
Less jobs
Disrupts economy
Causes algae blooms
Kills aquatic plants
Less fish that eat plants
Less food for humans
Less jobs
Invasive and Exotic Species
Cargo ships accidentally
carry zebra mussels
They take over fish
habitats
Eat fish's food
Fish have no food
Fish get week & die
Less food for animals
Animals die
Corrupts food web
Less food for humans
Less jobs
Imported soil accidentally had seeds
Seeds grew to become
purple loosestrife
Invades other
plants' habitats
Takes plants' nutrients
Doesn't allow plants to perform
photosynthesis
Plants died
Chemical Controls
Neonicontinoids
Pesticides
DDT
Killed the mosquitos carrying
Malaria which was good
As a side effect it killed
the parasitic wasp that
ate caterpillars
Caterpillar population
increased drastically
As a side effect DDT killed
roaches & flies
Disrupted food chains
Poisoned many insects
Eaten by geckoes
Geckoes got poisoned and
became lethargic
Cats caught more geckoes
and got poisoned
Cats died
Rats population
increased
Rats carry typhus