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Interconnected Planet

Explore the study of how humans affect the resilience of the environment, consume resources faster than they can be replaced, and the interconnectedness of our planet. Learn about environmental issues including air pollution, acid rain, global warming, water pollution, soil damage, and ecosystem disruption. Discover environmental solutions such as conservation, restoration, research and technology, and environmental awareness.

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Interconnected Planet

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  1. Interconnected Planet CH6

  2. Environmental Science • Study of the impact of humans on the environment • Humans are a part of the environment and can affect the resilience of the environment. • Humans consume resources faster than they can be replaced • Earth is an interconnected planet • Pollution and habitat destruction destroy the resources we need to live, such as air, water, and food

  3. Fresh Kill’s Landfill in NY state Approximately 135 football fields

  4. Resources • Materials to be used for a need • Renewable • Can be replaced at the same rate at which they are consumed, within our (human) lifetime • Hydro, Solar, Geothermal, Nuclear, Wind, Biofuels • Nonrenewable • Used at a faster rate than can be replaced • Fossil Fuels are from the remains of organisms that lived long ago • Oil, natural gas, coal

  5. Environmental Issues • Air Pollution • Industries, power plants, vehicles burning fossil fuels • Releases carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides • Acid Rain • Global Warming • Ozone Layer • Respiratory Issues

  6. Acid Rain • Precipitation that has a high concentration of sulfuric or nitric acid (increase pH) • Harms forest and lakes

  7. Ozone Layer • Protects life on Earth from the sun’s damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays • Damaged due to chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) used in refrigerators, air conditioners, spray cans • Reduction in CFC use has helped the Ozone

  8. Global Warming • Gradual increase in the average global temperature • Greenhouse effect • Warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of the Earth • Occurs when particles in the atmosphere absorb and trap heat on the planet

  9. Greenhouse Effect • Naturally occurs • Keeps the Earth at comfortable temperature • Becomes a problem when particles in the atmosphere build up trapping more heat on the planet • Carbon Dioxide • Burning of fossil fuels

  10. Global weather • Migration patterns • Ice sheets (sea level)

  11. Water Pollution • Pollution • Any unwanted substance that contaminates the material needed • Fertilizers, pesticides, manure, industrial waste, oil runoff from roads, septic tanks, unlined landfills • Water is renewable until polluted

  12. Soil Damage • Soil Erosion • Destroys fertile soil that we need in order to produce food • Soil Conservation • Terracing, cover crop, crop rotation, contour plowing • Reduce soil loss and conserve fertile soil

  13. Ecosystem Disruption • Habitat Destruction • Loss of Biodiversity • Invasive species • Introduce non native organisms to an area • Competition for resources • Extinction • Death of every member of a species

  14. Environmental Solutions • Conservation • Protecting existing natural habitats • Restoration • Cleaning up and restoring damaged habitats • Harder to put back to normal • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

  15. Research and technology • Provide cleaner energy sources • Better ways to deal with waste • Improve methods for cleaning up pollution • Environmental Awareness • Education • Advocacy, showing support for the cause • Planning for the Future

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