Images from the Book
These are the images from this chapter of Environment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology
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| Figure 11.3: Schematic of human domination of the Earth system. | Figure 11.4: Human domination or alteration of several major components of the earth system, expressed as (from left to right) percentage of the land surface transformed; percentage of the current atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration that results from human action; percentage of accessible surface fresh water used; percentage of terrestrial nitrogen fixation that is human-caused; percentage of plant species in Canada that humanity has introduced from elsewhere; percentage of bird species on Earth that have become extinct in the past two millenia, almost all of them as a consequence of human activity; and percentage of major marine fisheries that are fully exploited, overexploited, or depleted. |
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