NGSS HS-LS2-7: Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity. Constraints include cost, environmental impact, and reliability.
These activities naturally scale up with human population growth, degrading the local ecosystem.
Destroys habitat and fragments populations.
Causes eutrophication, killing aquatic life in rivers.
Outcompetes native flora/fauna for resources.
Allocate budget to implement solutions. Tradeoffs must be made as you cannot afford everything.
Mitigates Urbanization. Cost: $2M per level.
Mitigates Pollution. Cost: $1.5M per level.
Mitigates Invasives. Cost: $1M per level.