Amere Abdul September 9,2019

BEED-1B

 HOW DO THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES CONTRIBUTE TO THE EARTH'S SUSTAINABILITY?

The major biogeochemical cycles (carbon,nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus) depends
upon processes that directly affect how the planet absorbs or reflects sunlight, as well as
that indirectly affect greenhouse gases in the Atmosphere. Biogeochemical cycles and
climate change combination will increase the exposure of our biodiversity and water quality
to changing climate. People have contribution also in Earth's sustainability because they
have ability to control the availability and stability of the ecosystem services on which their
well-being depends.
 HOW DO THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES IMPACT THE ECOSYSTEM?
The Biogeochemical cycles has most important to ecosystem health in Water, Carbon,
Nitrogen, and Phosphorus cycles because water circulation is the center to the functioning of
land ecosystem, Changes that affect the hydrological cycle are likely to have significant
impacts on land ecosystems. Energy from the sun, water and several other chemical
elements cycle through ecosystems and its influence the rates of growth and reproduce of
organisms. Land and ocean ecosystems are important sinks for carbon, which is taken up by
plants and algae during photosynthesis and fixed as a plant tissue. Carbon cycles relatively
quickly through land and surface-ocean ecosystems, but may remain looked up in the deep
oceans or in sediments for thousand years. Airborne nitrogen emissions from fossil fuel
combustion promote the formation of ground-level ozone, particulate does not have a
gaseous phase like carbon or nitrogen. Human activities that increase phosphorus
concentrations in natural ecosystems include fertilizer use, discharges from waste water
treatment plants, and use of phosphate detergents.