Human-Environmental Interaction
Human-Environmental Interaction is a pretty easy subject to understand. People adapt to their environments, and environments are effected by people. In the past, this interaction has been mostly local, eg. It is cold, so people cut down trees for firewood. This is the result of a human need (heat) and causes an environmental chage (lack of trees). Currently, we are on the brink of a global, and potentially catastrophic, Human-Environmental interaction, known as global warming.
Deforestation
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Deforestation is a prime example of negative human-environmental interaction.
Global Warming
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Global Warming is potentially the most catastrophic example of human-enviromental interaction in history. It is the result of carbon emmissions, mostly due to power generation. These carbon emmissions prevent some solar radiation from bouncing off the atmosphere, with the result of raised global temperatures. This effect is compounded by shrinking forests, espically the Amazon rainforest.