Devdiscourse News Desk. (2018, June 12). Discover links between climate change and eutrophication | Global Edition. Retrieved July 2, 2018, from https://www.devdiscourse.com/Article/23457-discover-links-between-climate-change-and-eutrophication
Lake Tianchi, a lake at a high altitude and latitude, which had little human interference, has seen a large rise in eutrophication. Tests are being done on the lake to see the effects of climate change on lakes. It is suggested that the increased eutrophication is due to the warmer climate, changes in precipitation patterns, and hydrodynamic fluctuations caused by wind. Local temperature and changes in precipitation are related to atmospheric circulation.
By learning more about what causes eutrophication people can attempt to prevent it since they actually understand what helps and what doesn’t. Since we understand that increasing climate is leading to plant life overgrowing in certain areas we can attempt to prevent it by cutting down on fossil fuels or anything that causes excessive carbon emissions. It is also interesting that eutrophication is at least partially caused by changing precipitation patterns, since that is far harder to prevent. Eutrophication also can’t be entirely blamed on runoff, since it still occurred where there was probably very little runoff.
This article shows that negative human impact on the environment extends past direct pollution. The warmer climate, which is caused by human activity, seems to be straining the Earth’s natural ability to make adjustments so that it can maintain optimal conditions to support functioning ecosystems. Eutrophication is being caused by runoff, a direct result of human activity, but also climate change, a more indirect result of human activity. This article is a good reminder that humans have a broad impact on the environment.
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