Human actions like mining, building cities with bricks and cement ,agriculture and dams are impacting the lithosphere '- comment on it ?
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Lithosphere is a combination of two Greek words.
⇒ Lithos refers to Rocky
⇒ Spharia (sphere) refers to something that is rigid.
So the term Lithosphere refers to the sehll of a planet. This shell is like a covering of the planet surface. It incorporates the rigidity of the outer surface of that planet.
Lithosphere on the Earth is composed of two portions.
- Crust
- Upper Mantle
The human activities have harmed the natural environment of the Earth. These harmful activities have increased exponentially for the last many years. In the name of progress and technology, we have been defacing the Earth.
All these activities include mining, building cities, manufacturing and using cement, increased artificial agriculture etc. are also a part of it. These activities have disturbed the natural balance of Earth's lithosphere. The underground water level is lowering day by day. Fossil fuels have decreased to a dangerous level. Deforestation and desertification are on an alarming point. So we must be careful about all of it, otherwise our coming generations have to face severe circumstances.
Various human activities to live on the earth causes a serious impact on the Lithosphere.
More the population is getting increased, the higher the lithosphere gets affected.
A lot of land and resources are used by the public for their daily, and they construct the buildings and cities to take the lumps of land.
People need to stop the deforestation, Overgrazing, Fracking, and Desertification activities so that negative effect on the lithosphere will get reduced in the upcoming days.