What is the impact human interaction have on the ecosystems?

Answer 1

The are a number of human interactions on the natural environment. The biggest issue and causing the most damage would be Carbon Dioxide emissions from burning of fossil fuels such as automobiles, factories, and pretty much anything else that we burn. CO2 concentrations in our atmosphere have risen ever since the Industrial Revolution in the mid 19th Century. Large amounts of CO2 deplete the Ozone layer. The ozone layer is part of our atmosphere and O3 molecules make up this layer. What the ozone does is protect us from the sun's harmful Ultraviolet Rays, acting as a shield. With less ozone, the more UV rays we are exposed to which drastically changes the Earth's climate and weather cycles. All of what I mentioned is infamously known as Global Climate Change. It has already become apparent that we are losing some ozone with the rise in storms such as hurricanes caused rise in temperature in oceans causing a change in ocean currents, melting of Polar Ice caps which results in a rise in sea level, which results in Coastlines disappearing, which results in migration of human beings itself. So you can see that there are a number of consequences from the burning of fossil fuels which is why we need to act fast and find alternative means of energy.

A few other human interactions on natural environment are things such as oil spills, deforestation (especially the rain forests), forest fires (although some are caused by lightning), and even construction of infrastructure, which is why their are thousands of federal and state laws on the environment when it comes to construction. I am a civil engineer so I deal with a lot of this. Did you know that 40 years ago the average time it took for a stretch of road to be constructed from day 1 of designing to the last day of opening the road was 3 to 4 years? Now days it takes an average of 16 years! This is due to the reviewing of proposals and projects mainly environmental concerns are what delay production. Environment is very crucial to the survival of life, including human beings. In the State of Michigan, if you wanted to build a small neighborhood, where a wetland is, well first off good luck, but if you miraculously had it zoned for maybe a neighborhood was in demand and was feasible where the wetland existed, well if you did build this neighborhood, you are required by law to rebuild twice the amount of wetland somewhere else. That would be difficult, luckily it would be a small neighborhood but a square mile neighborhood means the wetland you build shall be 2 square miles!!

I know I kind of got off subject but these are all contributing factors to the environment that are from human interaction.

Answer 2

Human societies derive many essential goods from natural ecosystems, including seafood, game animals, fodder, fuel wood, timber, and pharmaceutical products. Natural ecosystems perform fundamental life-support services without which human civilizations would cease to thrive. This array of services is generated by a complex interplay of natural cycles powered by solar energy and operating across a wide range of space and time scales. The process of waste disposal, for example, involves the life cycles of bacteria as well as the planet-wide cycles of major chemical elements such as carbon and nitrogen. Such processes are worth many trillions of dollars annually.

Human society also should make scientific management of natural resources and their conservation. We can conserve the ecosystem by conserving minerals, energy food, land, water, forest and wildlife. Land use and development policies should strive to achieve a balance between sustaining vital ecosystem services and pursuing the worthy short-term goals of economic development.

Answer 3

Human Interactions can affect an ecosystem by polluting it, taking from it and contaminating it.

Example:

When some people throw trash in ponds; leading to the transformation of a murky pond in which people say ( dont go in there it is dirty)

Answer 4

present balance in the environment and its change due to human civilisation trying to change the nature in fvour of human race

Answer 5

Human using Natural Resources can have a positive and negative impact on the environment. We may use all of the resources and then be left with nothing. We could also have an overabundance.