Nitrogen Cycle
By: Bobby Wilson and Jenna Richmond
Diagram
Fertilizers
No more animals= No more hunting.
Burning of fossil fuels from industrial businesses adds excessive nitrogen and nitrous oxide compounds back into the atmosphere. Pollution can then contaminate the water, making it hazardous to drink for animals such as deer. Kentucky is big hunting area, for the animals to not be able to get what they need, this can cause a major decrease in deer. This will then affect not only us, but the food web for a forest ecosystem.
Too Much Nitrogen
Humans are disrupting the nitrogen cycle by altering the amount of nitrogen that is stored in the biosphere. "What we find is there has been significant change to the nitrogen cycle over the past 300 years," said Meredith Hastings, assistant professor of geological sciences. The nitric oxide has increased immensely because of fossil fuels.
How to Help the Environment
- Reduce the Use of Fossil Fuels, it is potent to the environment.
- Make sure if you use fertilizers for crops to check the weather. Some forms of fixed nitrogen that are applied during fertilization, are exacerbate water pollution problems. A high nitrate concentration in drinking water is a direct human health problem. If you do this, the water will be purified and healthy to drink.
- Use plants that will reduce nitrogen in the soil. Their will be less nitrogen in the atmosphere which will lead to less pollution.