How are humans harming the environment? Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water. How many animals have gone extinct ...
How does groundwater cause erosion and deposition? How does farming affect soil contamination? How does soil pollution affect soil productivity? How does mining, logging, and farming effect erosion? Why has food production not suffered from soil degradation?
How does reforestation help to prevent water pollution? Reforestation and Water Pollution: Water pollution is the contamination of water by humans and their wastes, animals, or chemicals. Water pollution can be prevented by common-sense behaviors such as rainwater collection, recycling of wastewater an...
Deforestation also contributes to sand dune erosion because loss of vegetation makes the dunes unstable. As sand dunes lose sand -- perhaps from waves reaching them during a particularly strong storm, or because humans disturb their structure -- they also lose their ability to absorb storm surges...
for months after the fire burns out. When fires destroy all the vegetation on a hill or mountain, it can also weaken the organic material in the soil and prevent water from penetrating the soil. One problem that results from this is extremely dangerous erosion that can lead to debris flows...
Mining is an economically important industry for many countries but it comes at a cost. Mining can result in the pollution of natural resources, harm to the biodiversity of habitats, and erosion of the land. Key TermsPollution: Pollution includes any physical, chemical or biological material that...
The existent plant diversity in the surrounding environment seems to have no effect on plant selection for medicinal purposes (r: − 0.293; p value: 0.403). Indeed, the most diversified environment does not necessarily shelter the most knowledgeable people, considering traditional medicine practice...
A tunnel is a horizontal passageway located underground. While erosion and other forces of nature can form tunnels, in this article we'll talk about man made tunnels -- tunnels created by the process of excavation. There are many different ways to excavate a tunnel, including manual labor, ex...
Since the brain was found to be somehow flexible, plastic, researchers worldwide have been trying to comprehend its fundamentals to better understand the brain itself, make predictions, disentangle the neurobiology of brain diseases, and finally propose
Cover crops in general are used to protect the soil's surface from water and wind erosion, help maintain soil structure, and help maintain the level of organic matter of the soil, all of which keeps soil healthy. Green manure is a type of cover crop grown specifically to ad...