Question

What would you do to help maintain equilibrium in various bio-geo-chemical cycles? Explain in brief.

Answer 1

Biogeochemical cycle, all of the natural pathways that circulate vital elements of living matter. The contraction that refers to the biological, geological and chemical aspects of each cycle is termed as biogeochemical.

Complete Answer:
- Elements flow from the nonliving (abiotic) components of the biosphere to the living (biotic) components in biogeochemical cycles and back in various ways.
- All the chemical elements that make up living cells must be recycled continuously in order for the living components of a large ecosystem (e.g., a lake or a forest) to function.
- It is possible to consider a larger, slow-moving, typically abiotic component, and an exchange (cycling) pool as having a reservoir (nutrient) pool, a smaller but more active portion of the rapid exchange between an ecosystem's biotic and abiotic aspects.
- A bio-geo-chemical cycle is a process in which chemical substances and nutrients, such as carbon, phosphorus, oxygen, calcium, nitrogen and water, pass in a cycle through the Earth's biotic and abiotic components. It tells us about factors that are biological, geological, and chemical.
- Microbes (anaerobic and aerobic processes) drive all these biogeochemical cycles and are related so that the group can have a state of equilibrium. The functioning of the ecosystem is determined by this equilibrium state and it is preserved when the cycling elements have a balance.
- Human activities, such as deforestation and fossil fuel combustion, have altered the biogeochemical processes that have influenced the atmosphere of the earth, directly or indirectly.
- The biogeochemical balance in the environment can be helped by a few actions taken by humans.
1. Stop using nitrogen fertilisers and phosphorus fertilizers.
2. To increase carbon sinks and decrease the atmospheric CO2 concentration, avoid deforestation and clearing of vegetation.
3. Acid rain control, coal burning and ranching for livestock.
4. Reduce emissions from cars.
5. Overall Pollution Control.

Note: Mineral nutrients and their habitat are cycled through ecosystems. Water, carbon , nitrogen, phosphorus , and sulphur are of particular significance. These cycles all have significant effects on the structure and function of the environment. Ecosystems have been harmed, possibly causing global climate change, by a number of human actions, such as deforestation, oil spills, and other events. The survival of the World depends on knowing these cycles and how to avoid permanent harm to the environment.