5 MINUTES FROM BOAT LAUNCH AND MARINA ON BULL SHOALS LAKE. Lovely wooded land near Bull Shoals Lake, and Theodosia, MO. This land is level to gently rolling with a mix of hardwoods and cedars. Land fronts a county road on the south side, and a dead end private road on the west.
Humans are just one element of the biosphere, but we affect the Earth system in unique ways. Over 6 billion human beings live on our planet and each one affects the system at some level. Your own daily interactions with the other spheres may seem small, but when they are multipled by 6 billion, the effects can become noticeable. Some human activities, like the burning of fossil fuels, appear to be affecting the Earth system on a global scale. This three-dimensional graphic uses a color code to show human population density over most of the globe. Think about how human activities affect the Earth system in different parts of the world.
How do humans affect ecosystems? Humans rely on natural ecosystems [ecosystem: A community of animals, plants and microorganisms, together with the habitat where they live.] to provide many âecosystem servicesâ- such as pollination [pollination: The process by which plants reproduce, as male gametes (pollen) are transferred (typically by insects or the wind) to female gametes (ova) in the flowers of another plant of the same species.] of crops, and cleaning air and water.