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    Human impacts like deforestation, desertification, and urbanization are destroying the environment. Deforestation involves clearing forests by cutting down trees, which can lead to desertification as the exposed land becomes barren and eroded. Urbanization occurs when deforestation makes way for towns and cities, but abandoned cities later deteriorate and contribute to desertification. Urbanization is considered the most destructive impact because it combines deforestation, pollution, and the risk of abandoned cities causing desertification.

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    Human impacts like deforestation, desertification, and urbanization are destroying the environment. Deforestation involves clearing forests by cutting down trees, which can lead to desertification as the exposed land becomes barren and eroded. Urbanization occurs when deforestation makes way for towns and cities, but abandoned cities later deteriorate and contribute to desertification. Urbanization is considered the most destructive impact because it combines deforestation, pollution, and the risk of abandoned cities causing desertification.

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    Human impacts like deforestation, desertification, and urbanization are destroying the environment. Deforestation involves clearing forests by cutting down trees, which can lead to desertification as the exposed land becomes barren and eroded. Urbanization occurs when deforestation makes way for towns and cities, but abandoned cities later deteriorate and contribute to desertification. Urbanization is considered the most destructive impact because it combines deforestation, pollution, and the risk of abandoned cities causing desertification.

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    Chase Kaplan

    2/1/16
    Eskimo

    Human Impact Essay


    Human Impact is destroying our environment and heres why. The
    three ways human impact is destroying our environment is with
    deforestation which is to clear forest by cutting down all trees and plants
    which can lead to deforestation. Desertification is when land is cleared which
    becomes barren and then all of the soil is eroded away and the remaining
    plants die which then makes the remaining soil turned to sand and once
    desertification starts it is almost impossible to stop. And last but definitely
    not least is urbanization which is when deforestation occurs and then towns
    and cities are built on that land for people to live in the only problem with
    urbanization is when the cities and towns are abandoned they start to
    deteriorate which thens turn to desert also. This is why urbanization is the
    most destructive human impact because you are already tearing down forest
    and then you are building on that land and then that city is releasing harmful
    gasses and polluting the water and then once the cities are abandoned they
    start desertification.
    Deforestation is the act of tearing down trees to build new things on
    the land like farms and cities which is good for the humans but bad for the
    environment. As shown in the 2nd paragraph of document A Among the
    obvious consequences of deforestation is the lost of living space. This
    evidence shows that one of the main reasons for deforestation is to create
    more living space for humans. Another major consequence of deforestation
    is species going extinct and major flooding as shown in document C
    paragraph 6 Species may become extinct due to the loss of their habitat,
    erosion and flooding can occur, and desertification and decreased land
    productivity may also result.. The evidence shows that deforestation just
    like all other human impacts on this list can destroy animals habitats which
    makes animals become extinct like whats happening with the pandas in
    China and the clearing of the forest can cause flooding because theres
    nothing to block the flooding when there are just miles and miles of barren
    land. Deforestation is a very dangerous and impactful human impact but it is
    not as terrible as urbanization.
    Desertification usually comes after deforestation or urbanization
    because after all of the trees are cleared from a forest all of the rain becomes
    run off and flows right off the land which makes the soil dry and infertile
    which then causes it to erode away and become sand and now what was
    once a forest is now a desert. As shown in paragraph 3 of document 3
    Across the world, the total amount of land that has been lost is about equal
    to the size of Brazil (2 billion acres or 810 million hectares).. The evidence
    shows that the amount of useful land that has been lost to desertification is
    the equivalent to the size of brazil or 2 billion acres. Also, according to the 3rd
    paragraph of document C Annually, 15 million acres are lost to

    desertification. This shows that annually 15 million acres are lost every year
    which means desertification has been going on for only about 133 years
    which was right after the final gold rush ended. This shows that
    desertification is a lot more dreadful than deforestation and it can be caused
    by cities being abandoned after urbanization the worst part about
    desertification is that once it starts its very hard to get rid of.
    Urbanization is the act of a rural area being turned into a populated
    area with many people yet urbanization is the most effective human impact
    because first deforestation goes on and then cities are built which create
    landfills, air pollution, water pollution and much more and after those cities
    are abandoned they start to deteriorate and eventually that land will become
    desert just like what happened after the gold rush. As shown in the top map
    of document B Africa has one of the highest amounts of population growth
    even though most of there country is turning to desert if it isnt already
    desert. This evidence shows that Africas massive population growth
    percentages are causing desertification from abandoning towns and
    chopping all of the plants and trees for food and resources. Also, according to
    the Population Reference Bureau While the world's population is doubling,
    the world's urban population is tripling. Within the next few years, more
    than half the world's population will be living in urban areas.. This shows
    that the world is becoming more and more urbanized which means more and
    more forest are being torn down and that means that once all of these big
    cities will eventually be abandoned and turned to desert. This shows that
    Urbanization is the most deadly and destructive yet most necessary human
    impact because of all of the other human impacts go into this one there is air
    and water pollution along with it but it is the most necessary for life on earth
    because it gives humans shelter.
    Urbanization is the worst human impact because it combines the other
    human impacts along with various types of pollution including air pollution,
    water pollution, and land fills. According to the United Nations Environment
    Program The increase in urban population causes different problems. Air
    and water pollution are amongst the major issues we have to tackle.. This
    shows that urbanization is a problem in more ways than just tearing down
    trees and building towns. According to desert USA Mining towns such as
    Tumco, Bodie, Oatman and Randsberg were once booming with growth due
    to the mining operations which provided jobs and drew gold seekers from all
    over the country. When the mines closed, the towns died, and their remains
    have become ghost towns and tourist attractions.. This evidence is an
    example of how cities pop up out of nowhere and once there is no reason to
    live there anymore people move away and those towns become deserts. This
    is why urbanization is such the worst human impact that can lead to various
    things and pollution but, if we build cities from the ground up that run on
    clean energy this problem can be fixed.

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