Essay on "Georgia's Environment the Ecologies"

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Two thirds of the trees in the Atlanta area have been removed for development (Georgia Conservancy).

Global warming in Georgia. Tom Baxter, writer for the Atlanta Business Chronicle, reports that the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named two power plants in Georgia as the "top two…emitters of greenhouse gases" (Plant Scherer in Juliette and Plant Bowen near Cartersville) in the nation. Greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide) are the principal reason that the planet is heating up, and Georgia is suffering from it's own contribution to global climate change. Construction on a big coal-fired plant near Columbus, GA was halted by a judge recently because it would emit huge quantities of carbon dioxide (O'Carroll).

Georgia's ecosystem is being affected by global climate change, the EPA explains. The heavy ozone pollution "reduces crop yields and impairs ecosystem health." In the coastal regions of Georgia, "Sea level rise could lead to flooding of low-lying property, loss of coastal wetlands, erosion of beached, saltwater contamination of drinking water," the EPA points out.

In conclusion, while the state of Georgia has an abundance of natural resources, the evidence from research shows that human activity is causing a deterioration of the air, the water, and the land. As regards global warming, Georgia's ecosystem could be affected even more than other places on the planet because of the ongoing pollution from coal-fired electrical generating plants in the state, from the unhealthy sprawl of cities (that destroys growing areas and forests), and from the rise in sea levels in the southeastern portion of the state. Because seas are rising, the potential loss of wetlands would mean a great threat to the shrimp, crab, fish, clams and oysters that grow in the wetlands.

Works Cited

Baxter, Tom. (2012). Georgia becomes Ground Zero for energy, environmental issues. Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved March 3, 2012, from http://saportareport.com.

Environmental Protection Agency. (2010). Climate Change and Georgia. Retrieved March 4,

2012, from http://www.epa.gov.

Georgia Department of Natural Resources. (2009). Georgia's Natural Resources. Retrieved March 4, 2012, from http://www.gadnr.org/resources.

Negative Population Growth. (2006). Georgia's Dilemma: The Unintended Consequences of Population Growth. Retrieved March 4, 2012, from http://www.npg.org/ga_poll/georgia.html.

O'Carroll, Eoin. (2008). Citing global warming, Georgia judge blocks coal plant. The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved March 3, 2012, from http://www.csmonitor.com.

The New Georgia Encyclopedia. (2008). Geographic Regions of Georgia: Overview. Retrieved March 4,… READ MORE

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