TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING What happens

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TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING… What happens when too much carbon or nitrogen

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING… What happens when too much carbon or nitrogen cycles through the 4 spheres?

TOO MUCH NITROGEN CAN LEAD TO HYPOXIA (A DEAD ZONE)

TOO MUCH NITROGEN CAN LEAD TO HYPOXIA (A DEAD ZONE)

Where the Mississippi drains into the Gulf of Mexico

Where the Mississippi drains into the Gulf of Mexico

To much Nitrogen can lead to a hypoxic zone (dead zone) • Excess nutrients

To much Nitrogen can lead to a hypoxic zone (dead zone) • Excess nutrients (NITROGEN) run off land into rivers and coasts • This stimulates an overgrowth of algae. • The algae sinks and decomposes in the water. • The decomposition process consumes oxygen and depletes the supply available to healthy marine life. • Everything living dies (or leaves if it can)

What can happen due to too much carbon?

What can happen due to too much carbon?

In 1986 there was a disaster Lake Nyos

In 1986 there was a disaster Lake Nyos

In 1986 there was a disaster Lake Nyos • A pocket of magma was

In 1986 there was a disaster Lake Nyos • A pocket of magma was beneath the lake • It leaked carbon dioxide (CO 2) into the water, changing it into carbonic acid. • This made it an exploding lake because it was saturated with carbon dioxide. • On August 21, 1986, possibly as the result of a landslide, Lake Nyos suddenly emitted a large cloud of CO 2, which suffocated 1, 700 people and 3, 500 livestock in nearby towns and villages.

Why is too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere bad? • Carbon dioxide gas

Why is too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere bad? • Carbon dioxide gas gets excited by infrared waves coming from earth • Carbon dioxide traps the heat energy • The Earth gets insulated by this “blanket” of carbon dioxide • The Earth gets a “fever” and global warming occurs.

Messes up weather patterns and makes much bigger storms

Messes up weather patterns and makes much bigger storms

Melts polar ices caps

Melts polar ices caps

Floods coastland

Floods coastland

39% of the people live in a county directly on the coastline 2. 4

39% of the people live in a county directly on the coastline 2. 4 billion people globally

Some land becomes too dry

Some land becomes too dry

Causes wild fires

Causes wild fires

Warmer water kills plankton-bottom of aquatic food chain

Warmer water kills plankton-bottom of aquatic food chain

Dry land, flooded land, ocean life die-off all leads to huge food shortages

Dry land, flooded land, ocean life die-off all leads to huge food shortages

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