REARRANGED ORDER - Land Use & Destruction of Peat Bogs (GCSE Biology)
Land Use & Destruction of Peat Bogs
Humans Use and Destroy Land
Consequences
- Humans reduce the land available for other species. As society progresses, we build more and more buildings, farms, quarries and waste facility. In order to do this, we clear habitats. This reduces biodiversity.
- Humans destroy peat bogs. Peat bogs are very diverse areas. They are acidic, wet ecosystems, with very little light. Extremophiles and other such creatures live here. Due to their conditions, they are also known as carbon sinks, as they store a great deal of carbon.
- Peat bogs are destroyed for use in farming and as fuel. Peat bogs are broken up to form compost for farming. Moreover, they are burnt for fuel. This is dangerous as it releases a lot of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This is a greenhouse gas and a pollutant.
- The destruction of peat bogs reduces biodiversity. As peat bogs are destroyed, habitats are ruined. Species then die and so the biodiversity is reduced. Our ecosystem then becomes systematically less stable.
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