Natural disasters are events that occur when unexpected. Different factors of pollution include: the visible sources of automobiles releasing gas; causing environmental pollution, oil tank spills; which affect aquatic life, nitrogen; according to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment “leads to the loss of agricultural and forest productivity,” and even acid rain; which is a gas that has been contaminated by substances throughout the atmosphere.
According to an online article on Toxic Rain, places like that of Long Island, New York are experiencing signs of acid deposition and have been for years. Acid rain is capable of decomposing elements of nature that we not only enjoy spending time in, but also acid rain can affect the health of any persons around it.
In the reading, Ecosystems and Human Well-Being, people of the 21st Century have “doubled the flow of reactive nitrogen on the continents.” The effect that pollution has on the environment, people, animals and plants was not as well-known years ago like they are today.
Relating back to, The Lessons of Easter Island, the people of this time constructed technologies that were “irreversibly damaging that environment.” The people of Easter Island wanted to build up their environment with advancements; however, just like in current times taking a risk with technology does not always benefit society. Their waters hardly contained fish, and now we have more food offered to us than we can consume.
Environmental problems we face today are not new. They do; however, keep occurring so make it a point to keep the environment that we live in clean. Try not to take advantage of what you have. Think about these factors that deal with pollution when going about your day. We can’t get so lost in our hi-tech world that we forget about our surroundings.
Hi, Amanda;
ReplyDeleteThe focus of your blog is unique: a technology comparison between today and long ago. Great! Was the outside source you found helpful in understanding emissions and technology's role? I am a little confused by the connection between pollution and natural disasters, so for your next blog, insure you making a strong thesis statement that lets your reader know exactly where you are going.
Dr. Armstrong,
DeleteThe online source I found was helpful in understanding how acid rain effected the environment. It gave a better understanding of what really is going with acid deposition and also talked about how places we enjoy vacationing to are beginning to develop into unclean environments. I thought by relating it to how we live our lives today, in a hi-tech society, it would show that we simply cannot forget about destinations that are experiencing pollution. Thank you for the advice on my thesis statement.
Hey Amanda,
ReplyDeleteI thought your paragraph about toxic rain was very interesting. I did not realize how it was affecting the Northeast region of our nation. I enjoy that you brought this point up as it helps to make people more aware that this is a reality and not something that is just discussed in a science book. I agree that we are getting too caught up within our technology and not paying attention to the world around us. I also agree that the environmental problems we face are not new and that we should all take part in trying to keep our world clean. I sometimes feel as though when people hear of these issues they think it is too difficult to change their habits, so it might be helpful to include some simple suggestions they could do to help, such as recycling their cans where they also can receive a small cash benefit because as college students any extra cash is helpful! But great job bringing this issue to a reality!
Chayla Nelson
Hey Chayla,
DeleteThank you for the suggestions about bringing up examples of we can help out with this situation. I agree that a small cash benefit would be a great incentive for a college student!