The environment and human beings affect each other in the movement of life and earth. Moreover, the earth won’t persist for a long period if there is no impact of the environment on the human population and vice versa. So, how do humans impact the environment? This human population impact the environment and their surroundings in both positive and negative manner. In this blog, let us take a look at the important impacts of humans on the environment.
- What you will read here?
- Why do humans impact the environment?
- Common impacts of the human population on the environment
- Some positive impacts of the humans on the environment
People walking on the road (Japan)
Why do humans impact the environment?
As human beings are carrying out their life process physically and biologically connected to the environment, an action of one of these two causes a reaction on the other. It is like how a single entry affects two accounts in accountancy. So, this double development as I would mention is simultaneously happening even though a particular task is not taking place. To be precise about a particular impact of overpopulation, the earth has limited resources of land whereas the human population is growing at an unhealthy rate around the world. So automatically, an increasing number of humans on limited land not only causes problems in other’s life but also in the environment. The resource gets consumed at a faster rate and the population density increases. The process of sustainable development is also affected by this. So, this is how the impact takes place.
Common impacts of the human population on the environment
This is one of the most serious problems as I mentioned earlier that the increasing number of human beings on limited resources of land affects the global population as well as the environment. As a result, essential resources for survival such as water, transport, shelter, and other amenities will become limited at a particular place.
Pollution due to human activities such as carrying out various industrial activities will affect the environment as the non – degradable wastes are either dumped into the ocean or the land. This results in the contamination of various resources and leads to depletion.
Soil erosion is the washing out of a top layer of the soil. This is caused by various human activities like deforestation, overgrazing, mining, barren land, etc…
This is also called Climate change that is discussed in various international forums by world leaders. Climate change is the changing weather conditions which abstractly mean the rise of global temperature. This is mainly due to human activities like extensive use of fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, etc…
This is one of the most common issues. Deforestation is the cutting down of trees. This means that the resources given by trees such as oxygen will be snatched because of activities like industrial production, urbanization, etc…
This is a problem parallel to global warming. Ocean acidification simply means the reduction of the pH value of the ocean which makes the water more acidic. This is taking place due to the huge uptake of carbon dioxide by the atmosphere due to human activities like the burning of fossil fuels.
Icebergs melting due to global warming
Positive impacts of human beings on the environment
You have read the major environmental problems caused by the human population above but there are some positive aspects too. The environment is helped and conserved in some ways as a result of human activities.
Reforestation is the planting down of a huge number of trees and reforming the forest areas with vegetation cover. This action positively impacts the environment and also prevents soil erosion.
There are a lot of positivities in carrying out agricultural activities. It results in the cultivation and supports various living organisms as well.
Cultivation in mountain landscape
M.D. YOKHESWARA
27.1.2022
4 Comments
very good images along with content good presentation
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I loved the way you presented it
well said