Any News About Geography

 Any News About Geography

Climate change is a geographical phenomenon taking place in many parts of the world. It has caused a myriad of adverse effects, which are majorly human-induced activities. One major effect is the gradual increase in greenhouse gases, which thereby causes the greenhouse effect. Due to this, interventions have been put in place to curb this alarming increase. One of the adopted interventions is land use, land-use change, and forestry.

Land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF) is a greenhouse gas index sector that mainly deals with emission and dismissal of greenhouse gases that are a result of human activities, land-use change, and forestry-related activities. It plays a pivotal role in reducing global carbon cycle activities that influence climate. Land-use change is a major factor in reducing carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere, and it has been a major contributor to global climate change. It has been estimated by IPCC that land-use change; for instance, clearing of forests to become agricultural lands contributes a net 1.6 ± 0.8 Gt carbon per year to the atmosphere (Frank et al., 2016). natural habitat is very crucial for the survival of micro-organisms in the ecosystem.

Land use affects wildlife habitats directly depending on the extend and type of land use hence affecting local and global biodiversity. Encroachment of human beings to water catchment areas also reduces vegetation cover. Human alteration activities like mining cause instability of the core and mantle, leading to down warping hence causing habitat loss. Land fragmentation has devastating effects on biodiversity by subdividing the land into divisions. Some species have become extinct due to land conversion. Deforestation has also contributed to habitat loss as people want to create space for residential and commercial use.growth of towns is also a major contributor as a need to expand their structures hence hindering natural resources from producing in their site. The loss of forest land has increased at alarming rates, and many interventions have been implemented to avoid loss of wildlife. Land must remain unaffected, and forests maintain the stability of the climate. Moreover, different techniques, like reforestation and preservation, are put in place.

To conclude, the ecosystem should remain self-sustaining in order call of nature to become stable. When instability creeps in, biodiversity will just perpetuate because they depend on each other for survival. Therefore, the government should reinforce those measures in order to maintain a habitat for wildlife in the near future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

Frank, S., Böttcher, H., Gusti, M., Havlík, P., Klaassen, G., Kindermann, G., & Obersteiner, M. (2016). Dynamics of land use, land use change, and forestry sink in the European Union: the impacts of energy and climate targets for 2030. Climatic Change, 138(1-2), 253-266.