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How do humans affect the environment?• This is an EXCELLENT OVERVIEW of our unit.ClasszoneGreenlivingTop Ten Ways Man is Destroying the Environment

http://www.classzone.com/science_book/mls_grade7_FL/248_252.pdf

http://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/How_Do_Humans_Affect_the_Environment

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/curiosity/topics/10-ways-man-destroying-environment.htm

Human impact on marine (water) environments.Life in the Sea

Stopping Coastal Erosion

Beach GrassesStop Coastal ErosionControlling Coastal Erosion

http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Life-in-the-Sea/Science-Ideas-and-Concepts/Human-impacts-on-marine-environments

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/beach-grasses-prevent-erosion-48038.html

http://www.ehow.com/way_5479474_ways-stop-coastal-erosion.html

http://www.carolinadunes.org/Controlling-Coast-Erosion-Informational-Slides.pdf

Deforestation (logging and clear-cutting of timber)Problems of deforestationDeforestation - LiveScienceDeforestation – OverviewDeforestation – How Stuff Works

http://eschooltoday.com/forests/problems-of-deforestation.html

http://www.livescience.com/27692-deforestation.html

http://www.livescience.com/27692-deforestation.html

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview/

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/deforestation2.htm

Desertification

DesertificationCause and Effects of DesertificationConsequences of Desertification

http://www.greenfacts.org/en/desertification/

http://desertificationb.tripod.com/id3.html

http://www.unesco.org/mab/doc/ekocd/chapter11.html

Slash and burn process to remove vegetationEarth ObservatoryGeographyRain Forest SaverRain Forest Conservation

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/AmazonFire/

http://geography.about.com/od/urbaneconomicgeography/a/slashburn.htm

http://www.rainforestsaver.org/what-slash-and-burn-farming

http://www.rainforestconservation.org/rainforest-primer/7-special-topics/b-agriculture/2-slash-and-burn-agriculture/

Farming Practices

Sustainable Farming PracticesResearch topics could include windbreaks, terracing, cover crops, no till plowing, crop rotation, strip planting, and contour plowing.

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/curiosity/topics/10-sustainable-farming-practices.htm

Construction sites – New buildings

TransportationUSDAGreenbuildingExtension

http://www.coralreef.gov/transportation/sederosuvi.pdf

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_053285.pdf

http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding/pubs/gbstats.pdf

http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G1509

Strip Mining

Surface MiningCoal ImpactCoal Mining Impacts

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/the-environmental-science-of-surface-mining.html

http://teeic.indianaffairs.gov/er/coal/impact/construct/index.htm

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/coal/Mining-impacts/

Deep-Sea Drilling for Petroleum – also search for off-shore drilling and oil spillEoEarthOil SpillsDrilling risksDrilling controversyOil pollution

http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/158443/

http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oil-and-chemical-spills/oil-spills/how-oil-harms-animals-and-plants.html

http://www.livescience.com/4979-oil-drilling-risks-rewards.html

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/offshore-drilling-controversy2.htm

http://oceana.org/en/our-work/stop-ocean-pollution/oil-pollution/learn-act/impacts-of-offshore-drilling

Dam for hydro-electricity

China Dam ImpactNew York TimesWetlands and WaterwaysEffects of Large DamsEnvironmental

http://www1.american.edu/ted/ICE/china-dam-impact.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/world/asia/19dam.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/Water/WetlandsandWaterways/AboutWetlands/Pages/programs/waterprograms/wetlands_waterways/about_wetlands/disturbance.aspx

http://www.internationalrivers.org/rivers-no-more-the-environmental-effects-of-large-dams

http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/sijpkes/arch374/winter2001/dbiggs/enviro.html

Other ideas

• Dredging a river to make it deeper• Adding docks to marsh areas

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