Man-Land Tradition

Man-Land Tradition
The Man-Land geographical tradition involves the relations between human societies and natural environments. The theory entails human influence on nature, and nature’s effect on people, environmental perception, natural hazards, environmentalism, political, cultural, and population geography. This work involves the use of three articles including Effects of Changing the Carbon Cycle by Earth Observatory, Tropical Deforestation by Rebecca Lindsey and Robert Simmon. The third article is How Much More will the Earth Warm by Earth Observatory.
1. Effects of Changing the Carbon Cycle
There is too much carbon production in the modern world that significantly harms the atmosphere. While oceans and land plants have already consumed about 55 percent of the excess carbon produced by humans, Earth Observatory indicates that the remaining 45 percent is bound to remain in the atmosphere for thousands of years to come (n.p). Although surplus carbon helps more plants grow on the land, its effect on marine life is severe as it makes water bodies excessively acidic. This article explains the man-land tradition that indeed humans impact the land and atmosphere in that carbon emission is affecting the environment. Also, the excess heat resulting from high evaporation rates causes fierce heat in the air which consequently affect human and land life.
2. Tropical Deforestation
Deforestation is a considerable environmental hazard posed by people throughout the world. Despite the fact that deforestation meets various human requirements such as the development of road, homes, urbanization, and fuel, the act has severe consequences to the environment.

The effects are internationally felt including climate change, extinction of some animals and plants and cultural wars. Lindsey and Simmon indicate that despite the small percentage of tropical forest covering in the world (7 percent), the forests harbor nearly half of all earth species, thus making it a significant part of the environment (n.p). This article proves the human-land tradition that human activities can have a tremendous effect on land. Also, the article shows people actions cause cultural wars and are hazardous to nature.
3. How much more will the Earth Warm
With increased utilization of fossil fuel by the world, scientists forecast continued to rise in the concentration of greenhouse gasses which as a result will prompt increased atmospheric temperatures. In fact, there is a possibility of surface heat rising by up to 2- percent by the end of 21st century (Earth Observatory n.p). The meltdown of snow continually reduces the shiny sunlight-reflective surfaces that reflect light back and instead darker surfaces will absorb more sun heat and ultimately increase the heat on earth. The effect of global warming is currently evident with increased meltdowns of the Arctic sea ice. This evidence proves that human behaviors continue to impact the land and environment negatively. The effects are also hazardous to nature in that living things in such icy habitats face extinction if they are incapable of adjusting to environmental changes.
In conclusion, Human-Land geographical tradition constitutes the correlations humans with lands such as the earth’s impact on humans and people’s effect on the surface. People have had a significant influence on land with adverse consequences including deforestation, climate change, and the carbon cycle. The Earth Observatory website provided all the articles discussed above. The site has numerous geographical materials that can provide in-depth information for educational purposes. Also, the data provided is credible in that it involves reports made by authentic researchers and therefore, the information is appropriate for educational use.
Works Cited
Earth Observatory. “How Much More will Earth Warm?” Nasa. n.d. Retrieved from
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarming/page5.phpEarth Observatory. “Effects of Changing the Carbon Cycle.” Nasa. n.d. Retrieved from
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/CarbonCycle/page5.phpLindsey, Rebecca & Simmon, Robert. “Topical Deforestation.” Nasa. 2007. Retrieved from
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Deforestation/