Laureano Adducci

BIOLOGY FIRST TERM

Write an essay/article about the human impact on the enviroment taking into account
all the topics that you studied in the first term.

In this essay I am going to talk about the impact of humans on the

environment and why we should be aware of this problem.

Overpopulation has caused a great environmental impact, as it has caused

cities to expand to the outskirts, increasing housing construction, which has
led to the deforestation of miles of hectares of green areas.

The acceleration of global warming, which has caused so much controversy,

is part of man's footprint on the environment. For example, if you can
comfortably go to work by bus every day, but you choose to use the car, you
are throwing an unnecessary amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere,
as you, millions of people do the same, there are millions doing a single
activity which has its consequences

Environmental pollution, every time someone throws a can into a river, throws
a can in a green area, throws some waste in a place where it doesn't belong,
they are polluting the habitat of many species, visible and invisible, and are
also forcing the environment to do the effort to biodegrade that object. For
example, chewing gum takes 5 years to disappear from the environment, a
can 10 years, a lighter 100 years and a plastic ball up to 150. That is why
biodegradable products are on the rise, those that, if thrown into the
environment, manage to disappear more easily by forcing less to our planet
and even not being polluting.

These are some of the reasons why the presence of humans affects both the
environment and planet earth in general.