National geographic Modern humans and nature are connected in many ways. However, these two concepts are very different. For example, when we simply need food or are stranded out in a desert, and in need of a water source; we will be in thirst just like a plant would be. We both need to feed, consume energy, and to take care of our well-being. We fluctuate in ways because nature does not need wealth to survive. Also, we have altered the air by polluting it with our transportation and factories. Nature wouldn’t put this burden onto itself and possibly create global warming. In contrary, if we did not have certain properties in nature, would humans be able to survive?
Food and Water
Nature allows humans to live our day to day lives on earth. It provides us with water, oxygen, and other vital essentials for us to survive. We get our water from rivers, lakes, and wells. We get our meat from a vast variety of animals that nature sustains in a natural habitat. We get our oxygen from the plants, trees, rain forests and even from our household plants, thus we are connected. This answers our question on if humans would be able to survive without nature; that answer would be no. We obviously need oxygen from the plants and trees to keep the air less polluted and healthy enough for us to intake a single breath. Adaptation
When placed in a specific or unknown environment both humans and nature are forced to adapt to their surroundings. For example, humans that live in very cold climates like Alaska and are rarely exposed to the sun, eat a lot of fish to get their source of vitamin D. Humans that live in Africa though, are exposed to large amounts of the sun, which makes their skin pigmentation naturally very dark. Their skin gets dark because of the constant vitamin D exposure coming from the sun. The point behind this is that the difference in climates causes our bodies to adapt to that environment. If we would take a person from a cold climate like Alaska and place them in a scorching hot climate like Africa, their bodies would be forced to adapt to the climate changes. Otherwise if this did not occur humans would not be able to survive.
This coincides in relation to how plants adapt to climate change. Most animals and plants that live in very specific climates need consistent temperatures. Any change to the temperature can affect the species living there. Many plants in a warmer climate bloom and grow earlier and survive longer in the fall. Certain animals are also waking up from hibernation and migrating sooner due to the sudden change in climate. If the earth keeps getting warmer, plants and animals that need a colder climate will have trouble surviving.

Pollution The way humans perform some of our activities causes a lot of air pollution. For example, the manufacturing plants we use have chimneys that are very high in the air, which emits a lot of smoke and fumes. Power plants give off a high level of carbon monoxide and other chemicals into the air. Another way we cause air pollution is by burning fossil fuels. Trucks, cars, trains, ships, and airplanes all burn off a lot of fossil fuels that are harmful to the ozone layer. Fumes from a car exhaust contain carbon monoxide just like a power plant does. It also contains nitrogen, hydrocarbons and particulates. All these chemicals affect the air and our environment. Unlike humans, plants actually help keep the air clean by trapping the CO2 in the air, and in return produce clean safe air for us to breath. This is where humans and nature differ. Humans are unbeknownst to the long term effects of their contributions to global warming.
Conclusion
In conclusion, as you can see humans and nature have some resemblance and differences as explained in the thesis. We are most definitely connected through the way humans utilize nature. Nature provides us with water sources and food, in addition to the oxygen that we breathe. To reinstate the earlier paragraphs, like adaptation, it also makes humans and nature alike because we both need to adapt to various climate changes in order to stay alive in different environments. Also we had talked about pollution; Humans pollute the air with harsh chemicals increasing the effects of global warming. However, plants help overthrow the pollution with healthy oxygen by absorbing the harsh chemicals in the air. To answer our question, would we be okay without nature? The obvious answer is no. Humans rely on nature to survive but nature does not need humans to survive.