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