human impacts

Human impact


Humans have a huge impact on Antarctica.

Humans are disturbing the animals in Antarctica. There was no tourism regulation until the early 1990s. When the tourism industry realized that they were affecting the animals in Antarctica they decided to stop.

• The three main issues are exploration, pollution and global warming. Global warming is affecting Antarctica by making the ice shelves melt and for the ice shelves to collapse underwater and affect the Adelie penguin.

Exploration is a huge impact on the Antarctic animals because they are getting frightfully disturbed when the animals are trying to sleep. Pollution is also a huge impact on Antarctica because most of the animals there is breathing in the toxic air from base generators , vehicles , planes and helicopters.

The impacts of tourism is that they left waste. The disrupted a lot of the animals near the area that they were in . They also left chemical spills ,toxic waste leaks.

Some of the pollution that starts in Antarctica spreads all through the whole continent.

Humans that have traveled to Antarctica have pushed some animals to the edge of extinction. The fur seals and the Patagonian fish are the two closest Antarctic animals to extinction. These animals are the closest to extinction because humans have been whaling and fishing in the Antarctic areas.

Humans are now aware that Antarctic needs to be protected greatly.
Human impacts have become a great issue on Antarctica.