The Impact of Visitors

I chose this article because I think that most environmental impacts have been made by human. They are not only travelling but also destroying. It is explicit problems that happen in Antarctica, especially Antarctica Peninsula. As you can see in the picture above, ice sheet melts every year, and this problem will cause the sea level and the habitat of wildlife and plants.

According to "the impact of visitors" (2010), the main impacts that happen nowadays come from two groups which are tourists and personnel of a national Antarctic programme. In Antarctica, there are many beautiful areas that attract visitors. If tourists want to visit Antarctica, they will travel by ships. Sometimes, the accident might happen when ships are grounded on rocks. Therefore, this accident has been made oil-spills. Additionally, the tourists not only visit beautiful areas bot also have small parties. Therefore, they might have an accident from travelling by vehicles. There is no guarantee that crashed vehicles will be removed from Antarctica. The piece of information that I mentioned is the impact of visitors because it definitely comes from them.

I like and agree with this topic because it is the truth that comes from human activities. It tells us that human is the crucial indicator because they might visit the attractive areas or wildlife or plants, after that, they may destroy them even if they don't know. It is impossible that people who go there are not going to leave any evidence. Therefore, I will use this topic in the marine ecosystem section because it is suitable.