Earth narrativeNatural and human historyGeologic timeBiological evolutionHuman population growthImpactBiosphereThe modern Earth Narrative, the scientific story of the 4.5 billion-year natural and human history of the Earth, has emerged from the solid foundation of two factual concepts: Deep (or Geologic...
Below, satellite images from NASA show humans’ impact on the planet, including urban expansion, agricultural growth, and man-made environmental hazards. 1 of 24 Many who were sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution returned to Beijing in the 1970s. Others came seeking jobs. In ...
Learn about the positive human impact on the environment and the negative human impact on the environment. Explore human activities that affect the...
We present a new categorical data set of human impact on the planet, Low Impact Areas, to provide an additional assessment on the feasibility of meeting expanded protected area targets on land minimally impacted by people. We used a transparent process, with the most current, open-access, publi...
“I would hope this gives people a perspective on the very dominant role that humanity now plays on Earth,” he said, adding that he now chooses to eat less meat due to the huge environmental impact of livestock” –Damian Carrington, The Guardian. Source: The Guardian. Share this: More ...
et al. Earth’s surface water change over the past 30 years. Nat. Clim. Change 6, 810–813 (2016). Article ADS Google Scholar Syvitski, J. P. M., Vörösmarty, C. J., Kettner, A. J., & Green, P. Impact of humans on the flux of terrestrial sediment to the global ...
warming is gaining fast, and will combine with the others of the human impacts to push the human impact on the Earth to extremes that will require millions of years of recovery after we are gone. Here’s a report by Paul Simons on an invasion that will take years of intense labor to ...
Even the small choices we make every day can make a difference. By thinking carefully about the impact we want to have on the earth, we can make sure that our children and grandchildren are able to enjoy this planet and its natutal resources in the same ways that we do today. 【task】...
A new study published Wednesday finds that manmade mass may now outweigh all biomass on Earth, a significant milestone that speaks to the enormous impact that humans have had on the planet.
To help address this, we combined high resolution, annual data on the intensity of 14 human stressors and their impact on 21 marine ecosystems over 11 years (2003–2013) to assess pace of change in cumulative impacts on global oceans, where and how much that pace differs across the ocean,...