Tundra+Conservation



Tundra Conservation Page ﻿ Positive  Some of the things that they have been trying to do to help the tundra are reclamation. There are mines in the tundra. They had to blow up the land to get it there and now they are trying to fill in the land. Also what they are trying to do is limit animal hunting.  A lot of people are killing foxes and polar bear for their fur. Because of that those animals are going extinct. Negitive One negative impact humans have caused for the tundra is air pollution. The ozone depletion is caused by the release of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s). The tundra itself doesn’t release enough CFC’s to cause the damage. What happens is the winds carry the CFC’s from factories in Russia, parts of Europe, and the eastern United States to the north and south poles. Then the ozone layer becomes thinner and the sun’s ultraviolet rays are harmful to the plants and animals that live in the tundra. <span style="color: #ff6800; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Problems and Solutions <span style="color: #ff0082; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">One of the problems in the tundra is the permafrost, which it frozen soil, is melting. <span style="color: #ff6800; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">That is a problem because one-third of the earth's soil bound carbon is in the permafrost and as the soil thaws its organic contents begins to decay releasing carbon dioxide, a green house gas. <span style="color: #ff0082; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">This is destroying animal life and polluting the air. <span style="color: #ff6800; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> How it can be solved is switch to an alternate energy uses to minimize human made global warming. <span style="color: #ff0082; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> You can use hydroelectric power which is when you get power from water, or solar power which is getting energy fom the sun. <span style="color: #ff6800; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">You can also use rechargeable batteries.

<span style="color: #19ff1a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Mining and oil drilling have caused some major damage to the tundra. <span style="color: #57e1ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Not only is the ground around the area where the mine is destroyed but it also pollutes the air, water and ground. <span style="color: #19ff1a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> There are harmful dusts that can kill most of what is in the tundra. <span style="color: #57e1ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Also mining and oil drilling takes land away from the arctic animals and plants. <span style="color: #19ff1a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">As of right now people are trying to reclaim the land back to the way is was when we first found it.

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