Title: Ecological Impacts of Technology
Headings: The Negative and Positive Ecological Impacts of Technology
The Negative and Positive Ecological Impacts of Technology
Introduction
The Negative Ecological Impacts of Technology
The Positive Ecological Impacts of Technology
Conclusion
References

Content: These gases can have a devastating impact on the ozone layer and contribute to what is known as the "Greenhouse Effect". What this effect essentially does is add to the increase in the warm air that filters around the globe through air currents such as the Gulf Stream. ( Kilian 366) Often referred to as a thermal balance, these warm air currents affect the climate and seasons. As a result, there can unseasonably warm winters or, cool summer periods. More devastatingly though, is the harmful effect the increased thermal balance has on the Poles. ( Kilian 365) It is due to the increase in thermal balance that the Polar Icecaps are melting at an alarming rate, causing a significant rise in the world's oceans. This, as it is well known, has a ripple effect around the planet. The change in thermal balance can also be seen as contributing to the increased frequency of natural disasters as certain regions of the world experience more devastating floods, typhoons and a higher number of violent storms. ( Kilian 365)
Although it can be argues these changes in our weather systems have just as much to do with Mother Nature as technology. It is hard to ignore the correlation between the rise in technology use and the increased frequency of environmental disasters.