EQ3 Resource use and laduse change

Question 1

What percentage of the earth’s land surface has been altered due to human activity? What factors could this impact?

Answer 1

About 75%

This alteration impacts various ecological and environmental factors.

Question 2

What are the massive implications of altering the earth’s land surface?

Answer 2

Carbon storage, biodiversity, and food security

These implications are crucial for sustaining ecosystems and human life.

Question 3

What is driving the increasing demand for water, energy, and food?

Answer 3

Rising global population, rapid urbanization, changing diets, and economic growth

Question 4

Which sector is the largest consumer of the world’s freshwater resources?

Answer 4

Agriculture

Question 5

How is food production and energy generation related to water usage?

Answer 5

They are highly water intensive

Both sectors require substantial amounts of water for their processes.

Question 6

What is the importance of water in generating energy? What does it include (examples)

Answer 6

The vast majority of energy production is water intensive.

This includes processes such as bio-fuel crop production.