Altering Antarctica

These days, the Antarctic continent, an extremely attractive and environmental place in the world, would be regarded as one of the most noticeable sites on global warming. Change in its environment would bring about tremendous tragedies; many scientists and environmentalists have been concerned that the environmental condition in the Antarctic continent has gradually been getting worse due to the destruction of its native ecological system throughout the influx of non-native species and the climate’s change. It is a fact that non-native species relocated by visitors have enabled the original species in Antarctica to be on the brink of extinction. So, influx of non-native species would alter the environmental circumstance and sooner or later devastate the Antarctic continent, wrecking its ecosystem; also, the climate’s alteration would be able to ruin its ecosystem, becoming the cause of genetic damage and mutation. Through human being’s carelessness, consequently, it provoked a crisis in Antarctica’s environment. For the sake of the environmental situation in Antarctica, many specialists coming from around the world came up with a regulation which is called the Antarctic Treaty. Since the Antarctic Treaty was made, the international society has continued to work for protecting the ecological system in Antarctica with tightened articles on the invasion of non-native species. The Environmental Protocol of the Antarctic Treaty was legislated by delegates who were in each of the member countries that it has been given restrictive permits to visit to the Antarctica continent, which has been dedicated to saving the Antarctica continent to a certain extent; otherwise, we should pay a costly price for the restoration of the devastated environment. It seems that the international society has recently made the environment a top concern with an environment-friendly and long-term plan.

In this respect, I strongly agree on the point that we should make ceaseless effort to protect the environment in Antarctica from the influx of non-native species and the alteration of its climate due to the destruction of its ecological system.

Above all, international society, which has difficult tasks in global warming, should put a plan into practice to preserve the Antarctica’s ecosystem from the attack of non-native species. Most of them have had a tendency toward stemming from those who have visited Antarctica, or their transportation. They would be able to hitch a ride on transportation carrying visitors and their supplies. Therefore, we should make an effort to blockade the incoming of the alien species. Thus, I would maintain that international society should make a step-by-step approach to three solutions for retrieving Antarctica’s environment. Firstly, we need to enact an intensive international law to tighten control of the quarantine system, when a coming and going in Antarctica continent. This way would retard the progress of the non-native species and shelter the native organism in Antarctica. Secondly, we should be able to assign special areas to activate the original species in Antarctica. It can be a good example not only for saving the Antarctica’s environment, but also for studying its eco-system. Finally, we should firmly impose economic sanctions or give a severe penalty for violating the law. In other words, we need to have a harsh regulations for saving the earth at any cost. In a word, the primary aim for the fore-mentioned three solutions is to protect Antarctica’s environment from the importation of non-native species.

More significantly, Antarctica’s atmosphere has been intimidated by the expansion of radiation from the sun due to global warming, which led to the breakdown of ozone layer. The excessive emission of the radiation has brought on destruction of the ecosystem in Antarctica, having helped non-native species to take their place and made native species exterminated. Furthermore, some mutations could appear because the eco-system would be wrecked by radiation from the sun. In the course of time, it is a fact that this serious task is spread throughout the world. Indeed, people are not aware of the terrible effects that the ruin of the ozone layer could have, although it is generally accepted truth. Accordingly, solving this disastrous situation depends on how much consideration people have. The fact is that it takes considerable expertise to correct the circumstance of ozone hole, so, all we have to do is to practice small things in our plain life. We can reduce, reuse, and recycle the products as much as we can do.

In conclusion, we are actually confronted with a severe environmental situation that has been introduced by the invasion of non-native species and the alteration of Antarctica’s climate. On this, we should continue to make efforts through the collaborative work in the international society; otherwise, it might induce horrible fatalities across the world. Now, Antarctica’s ecosystem is being influenced by strangers and its environment is already becoming one of the places most endangered by global warming in the world. Hence, we certainly have to overcome our serious problems, no matter how long it takes, for our descendants. I strongly believe that we should be able to take a positive view on this task in the near future.

Reference :
Manaugh, R. (2006, July 31) Altering Antarctica. World Changing. Retrieved on May 30, 2008, from : http://www.worldchangi ng .com/archives/004763.html