1 / 27

G3 Impacts of Humans on Ecosystems

G3 Impacts of Humans on Ecosystems. Ms. Fargo’s IB Biology Courtesy of Stephan Taylor. Palm-oil cost to Borneo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHki3EgGzdY. Prince of Wales Speaks about Rain Forests http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Cqo1Aksv4. Willie Smits Video

claudio-crowe
Download Presentation

G3 Impacts of Humans on Ecosystems

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. G3 Impacts of Humans on Ecosystems Ms. Fargo’s IB Biology Courtesy of Stephan Taylor

  2. Palm-oil cost to Borneo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHki3EgGzdY Prince of Wales Speaks about Rain Forests http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Cqo1Aksv4

  3. Willie Smits Video http://blog.ted.com/2009/03/03/a_20year_tale_o/

  4. Cane Toad Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ENUqV5-bw Operation Toad Day Out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX1FLXEo96g

  5. Introduction of Alien Species in US • Biological Control • Wasp from China (Trichogrammaostriniae) used to control European corn borer in North America • Accidental • Zebra mussel • Over 200 species have been introduced to the San Francisco Bay accidentally via ballast water making it the most heavily invaded estuary in the world.

  6. Introduction of Alien Species in US • Deliberate introduction of invasive species • Peaches • originated in China, and have been carried to much of the populated world. • Georgia is the “Peach tree” state

  7. http://aciar.gov.au/project/CS2/1991/010

  8. Video On Mercury Bio-magnification http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRqAS4Eow-c

  9. http:// TBT on Ship hulls (Article) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070720155133.htm Dioxins (Video) http://www.ucopenaccess.org/courses/APEnvSciv2/course%20files/multimedia/lesson85/animations/5c_Dioxin.html

More Related