Ibrahim Kamara's 6.07 Loss Of Biological Diversity

The dictionary definitions for the term “Diversity” are fairly similar in nature. The American Heritage Dictionary describes the following “The fact or quality of being diverse; difference” and also “A point or respect in which things differ…variety or multiformity”. Merriam-Webster describes the definition as “…Being composed of differing elements” and goes on to

Diversity basically means difference. Diversity is about understanding that everyone has things in common but also that everyone is different. Diversity is about embracing those differences because if everything and everyone was the same then life would be boaring.

There are also some negative effects that fishing has on the environment. Destructive fishing practices devastate the marine environment and include bottom trawling, bycatch, the use of poison and explosives, and ghost fishing. The larger and better equipped boats mean the more devastating the impact of illegal fishing techniques. Bottom trawling is an industrial

Humans fish to survive and in doing so they will target specific species leading to overfishing. Sound pollution is causing issues with the wildlife of the ocean in how they communicate and move around. With human interaction comes trash which gets left in the ocean and affects many different species.

Pollution can cause changes in the planet’s energy balance, such as changes in the greenhouse effect, which affects the amount of heat retained by Earth’s atmosphere, variations in the sun’s energy reaching Earth changes in the reflectivity of Earth’s atmosphere and surface. The changes have changed the climate many times which have an effect on humans also. (NRC EPA. 2010) Our planet can is good at reusing waste but humans are producing more than what the Earth can handle. Pollution happened at different stages and it has an impact on all living things including species and humans. Unfortunately, humans are the most polluting species.

Pollution contributes majorly in harming the Australian aquatic ecosystems. Simple examples include throwing rubbish on the streets. As soon as rubbish is left on the ground, it goes to the ocean thought the sewage system and rain. These days, many plastic materials are used and thrown out. Unfortunately, species assume these rubbish as food chocking themselves until they die. Many species are effected this way. Other global pollution impacts include oil spillage. Oil are common these days and which is used as a vital resource. It is common to see oil floating on the surface of oceans. These resources soon effect the ecosystem by polluting habitats of many

Diversity refers to something that is diverse, means that has different kinds or types. Example different languages, culture, religion, colour and background come together in a group is a diverse group.

Diversity means differences and variations, within in people for example different races, beliefs, physical appearances, age, capabilities, customs and gender and class.

When it comes to nature, trees, rivers, the sky, air pollution also affect the environment. Air pollution can harm the ecosystem. “Nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide cause eutrophication and acidification of lakes and streams, damaging ecosystems” (Melamed et al, 2016). This can harm the environment and contribute to the human health problems. We drink water, and water plants with water. Even more particulate matter interact with cloud formation processes and may impact the amount and location of precipitation (Melamed et al, 2016). This is the reason of flooding and water problems.

More than 20 football fields of trees are removed each minute. Logging can affect plants and animals by losing their homes. Predator - prey relationships will alter which can then cause a trophic cascade by overpopulation from the prey or extinction of predators. Also keystone species could be removed by these factors. So these living and nonliving factors could affect an ecosystem in many ways. Changes affect the ecosystem strongly in ways which population could boost in biodiversity or severely diminish the population of both plants and animals.

Two local examples of our impact would be habitat destruction and over-hunting. As the human population grows, so does the amount of land it requires for food and shelter. As a result of this, people cut down and destroy the places where animals live in to make way for farmland and other types of agriculture. This forces animals to move to a different area. However, some animals are overspecialized and can only survive in a specific environment. Therefore, when forced to leave, they will not be able to survive. This can lead to extinction in that area, otherwise known as extirpation. Over-hunting can also lead to extirpation. In today's society, we are more prone to hunting animals, whether it be for economic or personal gains or for food. This can reduce the the amount of animals in that area. Both of these examples affect biological diversity because when animals go extinct, specific traits can be lost. Then, when the rest of the species goes to breed, they won’t have the trait that may have helped them survive in their

The things that humans are doing to destroy this ecosystem is that they pollute the ocean this is true because sometimes oil boats leak and they get into the ocean. Another thing

One of the most significant concerns that have existed in the ecosystem for decades now is the issue of pollution. Pollution in itself is the destruction of the normal concentration and manifestation of factors such as water, soil, air and others in the ecosystem. This destruction largely arises from the human activities that often lead to misbalance, increased wastes concentration and improper positioning of the necessary and unnecessary additions to the environment. This often leads to the destruction of biodiversity, which is an important balance to the whole cycle of living organisms in that they support each other for their co-existence. If at all the number of animals reduce in the world to a very small number then a threat is posed to the living organisms since it will translate to it having to reduce also (Turner 2014).

What is Cultural and Biological diversity? Cultural diversity is the existence of multiple cultures or ethnic groups in a society. Biological diversity means the variability among all different living organisms. Both articles, “Ecological Relationships of Ethnic Groups in Swat, North pakistan” by Fredrik barth and “Changes in The Land” by William Cronon suggest that both cultural and biological diversity are not incompatible with each other. Does this mean that one does not affect the other other? Well, in Barth’s article he describes inter group relations that appear beneficial to all groups involved in the Swat region, North Pakistan. While in the other hand Cronon states a situation where one group almost completely removes another.

And the third example is the population. If the population increase, people need more places to live. They need more soil to grow the food. This will make the soil loose and the water may flood it away. And the other activities of human will pollute the environment. However, the bad environment will affect the human activities.