SPICESS - Environment
The 12 Apostles are a sub-marine, subterranean, and coastal environment with numerous marine life species, flora species, and iconic rock formations. Because of the large area of sand that intersects with the tidal area, it is an intertidal landform with a diverse biodiversity of species, organisms, and landforms. Similarly, the biodiversity of the 12 Apostles is essential to the structure of this groundbreaking and iconic rock formation landform.
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Similarly, we humans rely on the iconic rock formation not eroding, or else business will suffer and tourists from all over the world will not visit, resulting in a significant decrease in the amount of money made from the location. Also, the 12 Apostles are used for recreational purposes such as walking, sightseeing, and even surfing, with a huge surfing competition held there every year where surfers from all over the country and world compete! Humans primarily rely on the 12 Apostles as a 'farming tool' for business and as a tourist attraction to generate revenue from the influx of tourists from all over the world. Economically, this landform is used as a 'tool' to increase employment rates and give more unemployed workers opportunities to work and earn money, as well as for workers who already work to earn a higher income because it is a tourist attraction. Furthermore, this landform is linked to numerous industries and businesses, as well as the eco-system, animals, and plants that inhabit the area.​
Humans are currently affecting the 12 Apostles physically and biologically through actions such as global warming and allowing sewage and other waste water to enter the ocean. It is claimed, however, that humans are not entirely to blame for the 12 Apostles' demise because erosion is a natural occurrence and thus nature can take its course. However, it is claimed that humans are not fully responsible for the 12 Apostles' demise because erosion is a natural occurrence, and thus nature cannot be stifled, but it can be prevented/preserved from happening so frequently.
Whilst the natural factors are doing minimal impact, it is clear to how severely the man made impacts are doing to climate change, showing that we are mainly responsible for this.
The following labelled is the natural factors impacting global warming, obviously being at the bottom, impacting it the least.
The following above, shows a graph above of all the contributing factors to climate change over the past 143 years.