Friday, February 4, 2011

Human Impact on Tundra


Human Impact:

· Overhunting: Sailors overhunt musk oxen for the food and clothing.

· Global Warming: Melting glaciers and permafrost flood areas and destroys plant species.

· Oil Drilling: Tundra has many natural resources, like oil and nickel. Pollution from mines and rigs ruins the fragile ecosystem.

· Overdevelopment: Many people are moving in to work in the mines and oil industry. Towns and roads are made for the increased population. Many of the animals’ migrations and feeding patterns are interrupted by developments.

· Pollution: Air pollution reduces the ozone layer and exposes tundra to harmful ultraviolet rays, which affects plants and animals life negatively.


Video Link:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/player.html


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22 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2014 at 3:39 AM

    Aren't there any positive impacts? I'm doing a project too, and that's kind of what I'm looking for right now...

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    1. FarzinJanuary 8, 2014 at 12:05 AM

      I made this website a couple of years ago, but I have found more research that could help.

      Fortunately though, humans have also had a positive impact on the environment of the tundra, they have:

      They made oil transporters designed to do as little damage as possible.
      They have created laws to protect endanimals such as the gyrfalcon.
      People have made recycling programs to prevent additional causes to global warming.

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    2. AnonymousMarch 19, 2020 at 11:12 AM

      good ones

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    3. AnonymousMarch 19, 2020 at 11:25 AM

      not helpful

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  2. UnknownMarch 27, 2014 at 6:19 PM

    Save the tundra!

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    1. UnknownApril 29, 2014 at 4:09 PM

      you go girl

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    2. AnonymousApril 3, 2017 at 8:07 AM

      The Tundra may not look special but we still have to do something! Save the Tundra!

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  3. UnknownApril 29, 2014 at 4:04 PM

    fragile tundra ^^

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2014 at 4:37 PM

    thanks a lot that info really helped me

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  5. 12345678April 15, 2015 at 12:25 PM

    thanks for the help !!!!!!

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  6. UnknownMay 17, 2015 at 7:53 PM

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  7. UnknownAugust 12, 2015 at 6:41 AM

    im tryin a look for any famous place that is considered a tundra biome and is facing threat anyone know any places

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  8. AnonymousNovember 3, 2015 at 1:03 PM

    Thanks, this helped sooooooooooo much

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  9. UnknownJanuary 27, 2017 at 8:11 AM

    i am doing a project on Scandinavia

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  10. AnonymousApril 4, 2018 at 12:27 PM

    this helped me alot, thanks

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  11. UnknownDecember 14, 2018 at 9:50 AM

    ew

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  12. UnknownDecember 18, 2018 at 9:10 AM

    so sad to see that

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  13. UnknownMay 11, 2020 at 11:04 AM

    save the polar bears

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  14. UnknownMay 13, 2020 at 5:09 AM

    please listen to us

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  15. UnknownMay 9, 2021 at 8:15 PM

    nice thanks this really helps

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