Comic Strip

This comic strip shows the energy transfer beginning with the grass (producer). The bunnies scatter as they eat the grass consuming the energy that it gives off. In the third section, the bunny is confronted by the most notorious predator, the hawk. Unfortunately, we had to keep this comic rated PG so the hawk eating the bunny lies behind the censoring "THE END"

Comic strip

This particular comic strip uses creative techniques to portray energy transfer throughout an ecosystem. For example, the sunflower is using the energy from the sun to make sugar in its photosynthesis process. Additionally, the primary consumer that eats the plant, in this case the deer, will absorb only ten percent of the total energy from the plant. Finally, the man who hunts the deer in the third picture will absorb ten percent of energy from the deer.

Deforestation

After reading "Is Humanity Suicidal," I looked up more on human impacts on the Earth. Deforestation was one of the most interesting and eye catching. Human impact is much more powerful than most people think it is. At the rate that deforestation is occurring, in one hundred years, there may be no rain forests left in the world. In the name of industrialization, we are depleting not only resources at an alarming pace, but also natural beauty found on the planet. Some logging operations that provide us with paper and other wood products are done illegally. It seems the only way to keep industries from chopping down trees for personal use is to create federal reserves. Deforestation has many negative impacts on the Earth. It dramatically decreases habitats for millions of organisms and drives climate for change. Also, chopping down trees that provide for a forest canopy eliminates the shade from the incoming sunlight. This causes more extreme climate swings.