▶ Your Answer : In the reading passage, there is ample support for the author's claim that the Everglade ecosystem is being destroyed owing to environmental issues. However, the professor in the lecture gives several reasons as a rebuttal to the author's claim. First of all, the professor contends that the rate of water pollution in the Everglade is declining. The new government set regulations about the fertilizers and this leads farmers to switch to the fertilizers which do not contain hazardous chemicals. This casts doubt on the reading passage's claim that contaminated water from agricultural facilities let algae growth increase and this is threatening the ecosystem. Next, the professor insists that the remedy of soil lost is in the process. Locals and governments began to restoring soil and the result of this process is promising. Even if it will take a long time to back to the original condition, it will happen. This counters the reading passage's assertion that exposed soil is vulnerable to erosion and it will likely to disappear within the near future, resulting in less chance to grow plants. Finally, the professor argues that animals in Florida will have their habitats back by having original wildlife. Recently, the Florida government purchased a vast property in Everglade. It was used for the sugarcane farms, however, the government decided to keep it like a wild marshland. This will allow panthers to have their homes and their survival chance will increase. This refutes the reading passage's suggestion that human development such as construct homes of farms puts in danger of animal survival by depriving their habitats. As a result, just a few animal populations left in the Everglade. |