Kategoriak: All - waste - overpopulation - biodiversity - climate

arabera Dražen Grgurić 3 years ago

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Major Environmental Problems

The modern world faces numerous environmental challenges, many of which are interconnected and exacerbated by human activity. Waste disposal, particularly of plastics, poses significant problems as it is primarily generated by highly developed nations and contributes to pollution.

Major Environmental Problems

Major Environmental Problems

Urban Sprawl

Increased traffic, environmental and health issues
Migrations to cities
Leads to cities getting bigger and bigger

Loss of Biodiversity

Caused by imbalance of natural processes
Ecosystems are in danger after millions of years of development
Extinction of many species

Climate Change

Change of overall weather scenario
Various harmful effects
Change of seasons, melting of ice occurrence of new diseases
Has been around for a couple of decades

Overpopulation

Intensive agriculture damages the environment
Mostly in less developed countries
The population of the planet is reaching unsustainable levels
Shortage of resources

Global Warming

Makes flash floods and desertification
Leads to rising temperatures
Causing melting of ice and rising the sea levels
Mostly made by humans

Ozone Layer Depletion

Gasses make holes in the layer which make its efficiency of protecting less valuable
The ozone layer is an invisible layer of protection around the planet that protects us from Sun's harmful rays

Deforestation

It's a process of simply removing green land and making it available for residential, idnustrial or commercial purpose
At the moment, forests cover 30% of all land, but the numbers are leading to smaller percentages really quickly
Forests produce oxygen, but also help at regulating temperatures and rainfall

Waste Disposal

One of the most dangerous environmental problems
Mostly made by the most developed countries
Caused by overconsumption of resources, mainly plastic

Natural Resource Depletion

People are taking efforts to shift to renewable sources of energy
Resulting emission of greenhouse gases

Pollution

Makes the planet a lot uglier
Hundreds of different pollutants exist
Requires millions of years for water, air and land to recoop