Modification Vocabulary

Mining

• removing forests for the expansion of commercial ventures including agriculture, most notable in Amazon River region of Brazil

• allows for the extraction of natural resources may result in erosion of the soil, pollution of soil, ground water, and surface water

• allows for flood control and the production of hydroelectricity, examples include Three Gorges Dam (China), Aswan (Egypt), Ataturk (Turkey)

Irrigation

• allows for the extraction of natural resources may result in erosion of the soil, pollution of soil, ground water, and surface water

• removing forests for the expansion of commercial ventures including agriculture, most notable in Amazon River region of Brazil

• allows for the expansion of farming and ranching into areas that lack water resources; Transportation infrastructure – allows for the increasing movement of people and products via canals, highways, airports

Transportation infrastructure

• removing forests for the expansion of commercial ventures including agriculture, most notable in Amazon River region of Brazil

• allows for the increasing movement of people and products via canals, highways, airports

• Australia and New Zealand most affected as the populations in this region are experiencing higher rates of skin cancer as a result of exposure to ultraviolet rays; public health campaign has been instituted to alert people in the region to the danger of sun exposure and promote the use of sunscreen

Deforestation

• removing forests for the expansion of commercial ventures including agriculture, most notable in Amazon River region of Brazil

• results from overgrazing, such as with Lake Chad

• allows for flood control and the production of hydroelectricity, examples include Three Gorges Dam (China), Aswan (Egypt), Ataturk (Turkey)

Diverting water sources

• Aral Sea has shrunk considerably in size because of a policy to divert water from two rivers which supplied the sea

• allows for the increasing movement of people and products via canals, highways, airports

• allows for the extraction of natural resources may result in erosion of the soil, pollution of soil, ground water, and surface water

Desertification

• allows for the expansion of farming and ranching into areas that lack water resources; Transportation infrastructure – allows for the increasing movement of people and products via canals, highways, airports

• results from overgrazing, such as with Lake Chad

• allows for the extraction of natural resources may result in erosion of the soil, pollution of soil, ground water, and surface water

Dams

• results from overgrazing, such as with Lake Chad

• Australia and New Zealand most affected as the populations in this region are experiencing higher rates of skin cancer as a result of exposure to ultraviolet rays; public health campaign has been instituted to alert people in the region to the danger of sun exposure and promote the use of sunscreen

• allows for flood control and the production of hydroelectricity, examples include Three Gorges Dam (China), Aswan (Egypt), Ataturk (Turkey)

Ozone hole created by chemicals

• Australia and New Zealand most affected as the populations in this region are experiencing higher rates of skin cancer as a result of exposure to ultraviolet rays; public health campaign has been instituted to alert people in the region to the danger of sun exposure and promote the use of sunscreen

• fish can't produce fast enough to keep up

• Aral Sea has shrunk considerably in size because of a policy to divert water from two rivers which supplied the sea

Overfishing in Pacific Islands

• Aral Sea has shrunk considerably in size because of a policy to divert water from two rivers which supplied the sea

• fish can't reproduce fast enough to keep up

• allows for the extraction of natural resources may result in erosion of the soil, pollution of soil, ground water, and surface water