What activities destroy the ecosystem?

Answer 1

Land use practices that can harm the soil are... 1. Farming a. Fertilizers: Rainwater washes fertilizers into rivers and it causes pollution and prevents microorganisms from breaking down organic matter (humus) for nutrients. b. Removal of Plants: When plants are removed wind and water carry the exposed soil away. c. Overgrazing: when animals eat a large amounts of plants it leaves the soil exposed and the wind and water carry the soil away. 2. Construction of Buildings a. Construction of Buildings: The construction removes plants and wind. Then water carries the soil away into rivers, causing floods. 3. Mininga. Strip and Open-pit Mining: removing the soil increases chemical weathering that can pollute nearby water supplies.

Answer 2

Lots. That's really a vague question. To give you a few broad ones:

1) Emitting gross amounts of CO2

2) Simultaneously destroying the trees (which convert CO2 into O2 [breathable air])

3) Stepping on every ant at the same time...for many reasons

4) Dropping a Nuke on Russia....duh

5) Joining Sarah Palin on a Moose Hunting mission from a helecopter

a) The helicopter's emissions are evil to the Earth

b) that moose was probably going to stampede some crazy Canadian lumberjack who is now going to kill a tree (See #2)

6) Killing all of the fish

7) Digging a trench that separates Europe and Asia

8) Lighting coal on fire

9) Chuck Norris

10) Using electricity that is made from non-renewable resources

a) Coal power

b) Oil power

11) Really, anything nuke-like.

a) Nuclear reactor plants

b) Nuclear Missiles

c) Some robots

d) Some theoretical space-ships

12) Excessive use of methane

13) Excessive use of oil

14) Deep water drilling for oil

a) it means we pollute underwater

i) double whammy!

b) We probably suck up, grind, and systematically kill some fishies

c) We inevitably leak some oil into the habitat

i) oil kills underwater plant-life

ii) fish die w/o that plant life

15) Zombie Apocalypses.