Effects of Erosion Paper Rural Setting University of Phoenix ENV 310 (Online Classroom) Megan Lade July 18, 2016 Elizabeth Stevens

INTRODUCTION The movement of nutrients from the environment to living things and back again is known as the nutrient cycle. This cycle is essential to all life on Earth and is drastically affected by mans influence. We change the landscape on a daily basis, discharge excess nutrients into our water system and deplete our resources at a higher rate than any of us imagine. Katharine Conradins article, The Nutrient Cycle (n.d.), explained that population growth and resulting human activities such as large-scale farming play a significant role in the changes in the nutrient cycles. Furthermore, agriculture also influences the nutrient...