This human activity involves clearing land to grow crops or raise livestock, which can lead to habitat loss and a decrease in biodiversity within the biosphere.
What is agriculture (or farming)?
It takes approximately 1,800 gallons of water to produce just one pound of this food source, primarily because of the massive amount of crops needed to feed the livestock.
What is beef?
What is the last layer of the Atmosphere?
Exosphere.
While Earth is known as the "Blue Planet," this is the surprisingly small percentage of all Earth's water that is fresh, liquid, and available for humans to use.
Less than 1%
These specific gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, act like a thermal blanket in the atmosphere by trapping heat that would otherwise escape into space.
What are greenhouse gases?
Humans impact this sphere by mining for minerals, building large cities, and using this thin, top layer of the geosphere to grow all of the world's food.
What is soil (or the Earth's crust)?