Endangered Ecosystem

Human Activities that Endangered and

Ecosystem

Pollution
• Pollution - Any undesirable change
in
the natural environment caused
by
pollutant.
• Pollutant – substance that cause
pollution
• Pollution – being make dirty
• Types of environmental pollution:

1.Air pollution
2.Water pollution
3.Soil pollution
4.Pollution caused by solid
waste and hazardous
(dangerous) waste
5.Noise pollution
Air pollution
• Air pollution is responsible for major health
effects. Every year, the health of countless
people is ruined or endangered by air
pollution.Many different chemicals in the air
affect the human body in negative ways. Just
how sick people will get depends on what
chemicals they are exposed to, in what
concentrations, and for how long.
• Studies have estimated that the number of
people killed annually in the US alone could be
over 50,000.
• Older people are highly vulnerable to diseases
induced by air pollution. Those with heart or
lung disorders are under additional risk.
Children and infants are also at serious risk.
• Because people are exposed to so many
potentially dangerous pollutants, it is often hard
to know exactly which pollutants are
responsible for causing sickness. Also, because
a mixture of different pollutants can intensify
sickness, it is often difficult to isolate those
pollutants that are at fault.

• Many diseases could be caused by air pollution

without their becoming apparent for a long
time. Diseases such as bronchitis, lung cancer,
 and heart disease may all eventually appear in
people exposed to air pollution.
• Air pollutants such as ozone, nitrogen oxides,
and sulfur dioxide also have harmful effects on
natural ecosystems. They can kill plants and
trees by destroying their leaves, and can kill
animals, especially fish in highly polluted rivers.

Water pollution

• Boston Harbor is a strong example of how

badly pollution can damage bodies of water.
The water is filled with toxic waste and
sewage, and routinely receives more waste
when rainfall pushes it into the harbor.

• Many bodies of water near urban areas are

highly polluted. This is the result of both
garbage dumped by individuals and
dangerous chemicals legally or illegally
dumped by industries. The main problem
caused by water pollution is that it kills life
that inhabits water-based ecosystems. Dead
fish, birds, dolphins, and many other animals
often wind up on beaches, killed by
pollutants in their habitat.
• Pollution disrupts the natural food chain as
well. Pollutants such as lead and cadmium
are eaten by tiny animals. Later, these
 animals are consumed by fish and shellfish,
and the food chain continues to be disrupted
at all higher levels.
• Eventually, humans are affected by this
process as well. People can get diseases such
as hepatitis by eating seafood that has been
poisoned.
• Ecosystems can be severely changed or
destroyed by water pollution. Many areas are
now being affected by careless human
pollution, and this pollution is coming back to
hurt humans.

Soil pollution

• Not enough oxygen in the soil,

• acidy soils that may burn the

plant, bugs will go and start an

infestation in the soil,
• it effects plants growth,
• the soil pollution eats away at the
nutrient and becomes
• a bigger soil polluter,
• not enough drainage,
• new soil diseases develop every year,
• not enough moisture in the soil.
Noise Pollution
• Noise pollution disturbs our health and
behavior in a number of ways including
deafness causing lack of sleep, irritability,
indigestion, heartburn, high blood pressure,
ulcers, and heart disease. Just one noise
explosion from a passing truck drastically
alters ourendocrinal, neurological, and
cardiovascular functions in many individuals.
If this is prolonged or frequent, the
physiological disturbances become chronic
and contribute to mental illness.
• Sometimes, even low levels of noise are
irritating and can be frustrating, and high
 volumes can be annoying. Natural sounds are
less irritating than those we find
uncontrollable but intermittent sounds such
as a tap dripping water can be more irritating
than the sound of falling rain.
• Noise more than 50dB can be very difficult to
hear and interpret and cause problems such
as partial deafness.
• Increased nose levels gives rise to al ack of
concentration and accuracy at work, and
reduce one’s productivity and performance.
Difficult tasks can be impaired, and
instructions or warnings difficult to be.

• Noise more than 50dB can be very difficult to

hear and
interpret and cause problems such as partial
deafness.

• Increased noise levels gives rise to a lack of

concentration and accuracy at work, and reduce
one’s
productivity and performance. Difficult tasks can
be heard and interpreted, causing accidents.

The Greenhouse Effects and

the
Thinning of the Ozone Layer
Greenhouse effect.

1. Occur when greenhouse gases

accumulates in the atmosphere to
form a
layer of gases
2. Greenhouse gases – carbon
dioxide,
chlorofluorocarbon, nitrogen
oxides,
methane and water vapour
3. The layer of gases trap the
Sun’s heat
around the world
4. Greenhouse effect cause the
global
Warming
Ozone layer
• located in the atmosphere.
• consist of ozone molecules which
made
up of three oxygen atom (O3).
• act as protective shield that
absorb the
Sun’s harmful UV radiation
Thinning of ozone layer

• Main cause - chlorofluorocarbon

(CFC)

• CFC – man made gases used as

refrigerant (substance that make
things
cold or freeze) and propellants
(compressed gas that forces out
the
content of an aerosol container)

• CFC when exposed to UV radiation

will
release chlorine atom which can
break down ozone molecules in
chain reaction causing the ozone
layer become thinner
The need for development and
the
effects of an increasing
population on
the ecosystem
• The increasing in population
cause the
increase in development.
• Development interfere the
balance in nature.
• Unplanned and unmanaged
development
cause environmental problems.
• Proper management of
development activities are
important

The importance of proper management

of development activities

• Natural resource are non-

renewable means
once they have been used they
cannot be
replaced.
• They need to be manage in proper
ways to
maintain balance in nature.
• Uncontrolled use of the natural
resources will cause them to be
used up.

The importance of proper

management
of development activities

• Carry out sustainable

development to balance the
demands and the needs for
resources with the need to
conserve the resources.
Measures taken in the management of
development activities

1. Implementation of laws
2. Use of technology
3. Education on the management of resources
4. Preservation and conservation activities
5. The practive of biological control