Human+Impact+on+Tundra

**__Human Impact of the Tundra__**  The taking of natural resources such as oil, coal, and minerals has occured in the tundra, and as a result, radioactive pollution and oil spills are not uncommon. Oil spills are still being looked into for long term effects, but the oil gets on the animals and plants, and is frozen in the the ice where it can sit for years, which won't come off easily or be dissolved at all due to the cold conditions. From nuclear testing and reactor accidents there has been radioactive pollution. The pollution has been trapped in glaciers which have been melting, and running off onto plants and possible food sources for the entire biome. Most importantly, global warming is constantly chipping away at every glacier and all permafrost in the Tundra. Humans need to switch to an alternate enrgy source in order to reduce global warming and save all parts of the Tundra.



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