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18 Comments
Tyler
11/12/2018 07:35:00 am
Humans can completely change an ecosystem in a matter of days. For example, when nonnative humans that are not use to an area go somewhere they will nearly destroy the environment since they do not know what to do with it. On the other hand, native humans that have been in an environment for thousands of years know what to do with the environment they live in and can help it more then destroy it since they know how the ecosystem changes throughout time.
Ferro
11/12/2018 08:58:12 am
Humans have kind of forced themselves into an ecosystem and began to slowly destroy it. Humans don't really have their own ecosystem.
Anderson
11/12/2018 08:58:46 am
Humans are part of the ecosystem in the fact that we are predators and when we die or decomposing bodies will enrich the soil. Humans are also outside of the ecosystem in the fact that we degrade the environment instead of enhancing it, and build our own systems. Our single dominance across the world is unlike any other species.
Madeline Jaksha
11/12/2018 08:58:55 am
Humans can fit in but only if they follow strict guidelines that prevent them from destroying the planet and basically have their memories wiped every few years so they forget all destructive tendencies and progress that might threaten the environment.
Erica G.
11/12/2018 08:59:35 am
We originally worked with the ecosystems helping keeping certain species in check, but now we cause hundreds of species to go extinct. We no longer help certain ecosystems and now cause hundreds of thousands of problems for other species. We still keep species in check, but oftentimes we mess up ecosystems by overpopulation. With new places, we screw them over with our ignorance and tend to mess up the balance.
Ka Zin
11/12/2018 08:59:44 am
Some humans are native to certain areas, like they know the environment and what plants to eat and how to get materials from the environment. Others are non-native that just happen to show up and they don’t know anything. For example native Americans knew their land and how to use it’s resources but the Europeans came along and destroyed the land.
Katherine
11/12/2018 09:02:23 am
Humans are the apex predator across most of the earth's land. We can work with an ecosystem and support it, or we can act as an invasive species and destroy it. Unlike any other animal, humans can decide how to fit in. Unfortunately, most of the time humans prefer to seek the most immediate benefit for themselves instead of looking at the big picture. This is particularly true for those who live separated from nature. Native populations of humans who live and have lived close to nature are generally more aware of the importance of working with nature and not against it.
Hannah
11/12/2018 09:05:08 am
Humans change the ecosystems to fit their needs. They take things from the environment to meet these needs. They also introduce new elements to ecosystems, which affect all of the organisms in that particular ecosystem.
Olivia Wagner
11/12/2018 09:05:09 am
Humans can intervene in any environment as non native outsiders which usually destroys that ecosystem when they plant themselves there. Humans also can maintain the ecosystems through national parks and conservation sites.
Contradiction Nyx
11/12/2018 09:06:13 am
Humans are like "special" they can fit into an environment and better an ecosystem, these are people who have inhabited an area years ago, they know how to extract resources, and what is needed to keep it happy and healthy. Then there are those who cannot fit in, because they do not know about that place, that are like a bull in a china-shop to an ecosystem
Haley E
11/12/2018 09:06:58 am
They originated in one area and spread around the world. They were predators and prey till the became invasive yay
abbs
11/12/2018 09:09:08 am
people that are natives to the land know more about the land. They can easily tract and locate different animals and ecosystems. For someone that's not native to the land/ ecosystem aren't as knowledgeable about what is going on around them. Just like people in a country, native people know more about their culture than if someone was just taking a vacation there not knowing much about what someones culture is.
Maddy Tibb
11/13/2018 11:52:23 am
Our original purpose was to work with the ecosystems helping keeping certain species in check, but now we cause so many species to go extinct. Our efforts now to help the environment are outbalanced by how we are destroying it.
palmer
11/13/2018 12:18:50 pm
they dont
Parks
11/13/2018 12:20:55 pm
We are originally predators that regulate the ecosystem, but they also overrun the environment and force their own system everywhere, making them nonnative in areas.
Deijah
11/13/2018 12:25:08 pm
same^
Takiyah
11/13/2018 12:26:42 pm
We fit in by keeping some species alive and some dead bodies give food for scavengers
Jessica Lloyd
11/13/2018 12:33:21 pm
we were part of the ecosystem by working with it. Then we became selfish so we work against it. Leave a Reply. |
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