Question

examples of ecological backlashes

Answer 1

Improper waste disposal - pollution & flood
Smoke Belching - global warming
developing infrastructures- global warming & destruction of habitats
We kill all rats and rodents, thus the dyeing of the larger section of the food chains.
mass kill offs of fish and animals as a result of the oil spill

Answer 2

The use of DDT, which was the subject of "Silent Spring" caused bio magnification and became poisonous to tertiary and quaternary consumers.

Answer 3

The best example I can think of is the emergence of antibiotic resistant microorganisms, or "super bugs." When exposed to non-lethal levels of medicine, bacterial offspring can become immune to a given treatment through genetic mutation.

Answer 4

Surface run off of nitrogen/phosphate rich fertilizers in farming can cause "algal blooms" on bodies of water, which block sunlight, ends up killing off everything in the water - the plants at the bottom can't photosynthesize and die - the environment becomes toxic to everything living there

Answer 5

the translocation of frogs to australia in the early 1980s nearly caused a famine. no natural predator meant the frogs' population grew too large and they started feeding on farmers' crops.