Introduction . Many Factors Contribute To The Downfall

The destruction of various ecosystems through modalities such as bulldozers, cranes, and irrigation systems have shaped the current state of the world. As countries continue to industrialize many parts of the world are becoming increasingly urban. The desire to turn undeveloped areas into bustling cities has been exorbitantly transformative in the state of the world's ecosystems. Increasing populations resulted in a greater amount of socio-economic, agricultural and industrial activities (Schultz). Therefore, a high stress was placed on local ecosystems to meet those demands. Cities now lack

Modern farming and agricultural operations contribute to the degradation and contamination of our environment as well as the neighboring ecosystems. Fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, animal manure and other Argo-chemicals are rich in chemical nutrients and toxic substances which are often the major sources of agricultural pollution. The use of these various types of products can affect water quality when it rains, and the contaminated soils and water is washed into the waters or into ground waters. These chemicals can also be absorbed by plants which are then consumed by animals and even humans, harmful to animal and human health. There are many causes of this pollution.

The message of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment’s Governing Board is that human impacts on this resilient natural world are so unprecedented and extensive that we crossed the line into unsustainable consumption some time ago and are now depleting ecosystem capital stock instead of living off its sustainable goods and services.

The excess use of fertilizers can result in soil erosion and can lead to land pollution.

The audience of this book is presumed to be the general person who is not fully intact with the ideas that he or she is disrupting the ecosystem and is not aware of the effects they are doing as a whole. The book argues that no ecosystem is completely inert as things such as climate changes or drought can also affect the enviorment. Without human interaction an environment can still have issues, but the introduction of human life and economy does take a grave toll on the climate. These are irreversible effects that mankind are doing to the ecosystem. The English

Forests have been cut, crops planted, pastures seeded, and urban areas paved. One of the most troubling consequences of human modification of ecosystems is an ongoing loss of species and therefore a loss of biodiversity around the world. The current extinctions have a human cause: habitat loss (such as clearing of tropical rainforests); the introduction of invasive species; unregulated hunting and fishing; and pollution of water, air, and

The worlds biomes at the moment are unable to feed the growing global population in the future. They might be able to feed the population now but as the population grows we need to increase the worlds agriculture to provide enough food to feed the growing population. In order to feed the growing population, the world needs to put into action some simple steps to increase food production and to reduce wastage from existing food.

Throughout history, land employed for agricultural production has caused greater environmental change to the biosphere than any other land use (Gliessman, 2010).

Since the Industrial Revolution we have practiced deforestation, burned fossil fuels, and as a result we have disrupted stable ecosystems. Advances in medicine and technology have given humans the ability to increase their carrying capacity. While increasing our carrying capacity we have also decreased biodiversity around the world. We have introduced different species in new environments to help ourselves

Many negative environmental impact from unsustainable farming practices include; Land conversion and habitat loss, Wasteful water consumption, and Soil erosion and degradation (“Environmental Impacts of Farming”).There are many different types of harmful gases are released into the atmosphere. Many of these gases are potent greenhouse gases, which contribute to environmental damage and climate change (“How Factory Farming Creates Air Pollution”) Scientists are still researching, but data shows factory farms create a mass production of manure that they toss into huge lagoons which goes up into the atmosphere. Over 37 percent of methane emissions result from factory farming. Methane has a global warming potential 20 times higher than carbon dioxide. The industrialized animal facilities have caused serious respiratory and cardiac disorders (“Pollution Water, Air, Chemicals”). Most factory farming has a negative effect on our environment, and will affect many forests, animal life, and soil. Many trees are going extinct because factory farms want to expand, and cut down the trees. Trees like the Hinton’s Oak is going extinct because of farmer’s selfishness, and pollution

Humans have impacted the world for years. One of the biggest environmental issues is Animal Agriculture. Many people do not believe this because it is a huge part in everyday life. Three things that this paper will show you is how Animal Agriculture affects deforestation, how much land is used to hold animals, and the factory farms. Many things that happen in today's environment is connected to Animal Agriculture. The top 10 things that are important to the environment that is affected is Pollution, Biodiversity, Ecological Footprint, Sustainability, Atmosphere, Ozone Layer, Habitat, Carbon Cycle, Fossil Fuels, and Carrying Capacity.

Transportation by fuel-guzzling land, water, and air vehicles is rapidly depleting the fossil fuels, and causing air pollution. The flow from industries, fertilizer run off, and oil spills all hurt delicate ecosystems. Removing trees and other plants to grow places of civilization causes loss and treats the survival of many species of animals and plants. There are many negative impacts along with population explosion. Using chemical fertilizers, insecticides,

Scientists have pinpointed at least two starting points for the Anthropocene. The first is the Agricultural Revolution, which is linked to the way humans have transformed the through agriculture (Jordan & Prosser, 2014, p. 62). Humans have long been growing their food, so how was agriculture deteriorating the environment? First, large-scale agriculture more commonly found today employs practices that are more environmentally harmful. For example, irrigation is connected to increased emissions of carbon dioxide and methane (Ruddiman et al., 2015, p. 38). Second, an increase land clearing for growing fields led to habitat fragmentation when humans intruded into natural areas (Ruddiman et al., 2015, p. 38). Habitat loss and destruction eventually led to the high magnitudes of species extinction experienced

The Earth is full of natural resources and it was generous enough to sustain life for living organisms on it for many years. By the technological advancement of the last two centuries and the exponential population growth, Humans needed to dig deeper in oceans and plant more land to sustain life on earth. Agriculture helped sustaining people’s needs in many fields and mankind relied on it for years. Human’s greed to get the maximum profit from the land, lead to deforestation of the green areas and replace them with less complex systems ,Which lead to the loss and damage of species. Beside the environmental damage due to increasing the use of fertilizers and the exponential growth of some species over others. The human’s system simplicity and organization wasn’t really beneficial, because deforestation for agriculture lead to imbalances in nature like climate change. In addition to the endanger of species and extinction of others, which are non point sources pollutants that are hard to stop. Moreover the increase use of fertilizers for a better soil, increased nitrogen in the soil and lead to eutrophication and altered the nitrogen cycle for plants and reduced the richness of autotrophic species. However agriculture lead to the exponential growth of species like crops over others like weeds, insects and microbes due to the continuous elimination for a better harvesting season. All of these

The health of the earth degrades with the destructive activity of human beings. A recent study by a group of scientists looked at twenty four different services that the earth’s ecosystems provide for humans, ecosystem services, and found that fifteen of them are in need of desperate help (Gazette 31 March 2005). These services are vital to the survival of both human and nonhuman life and include filtering water and providing nutrient rich soils and ocean waters. Many of the members of these various ecosystems are also decreasing in numbers. In a British survey of bird populations found that in the 200 birds of Britain tracked there was about a 54% population decrease between the 1968-1971 tacking period and the 1988-1991 tacking period. In two other surveys of 254 native plant species from the same area there was a decrease of about 28% during the past 40 years. Humans are pushing the sixth mass extinction (Gazette March 19, 2004).