Challenges our society will face in the future
More plastic than fish in the sea
What is it? It is the phenomenon that will take place when the amount of plastic will be more than the amount of fish in the sea.
When is it going to happen? In 2050.
Who is going to be affected? The valuable sea life including all the creatures related to the trophic chain of the sea.
Why is it going to affect? A massive extinction is going to have place. The waters will suffer a catastrophic event of pollution.
Where is it going to happen? In the oceans and the seas.
The disappearance of insects
What is it? The accelerated extinction of insects in
a short period of time.
When is it going to happen? In a hundred years.
Why is it going to affect? A catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems will take place. Many species are going to disappear. Plants for example, are not going to be able to be pollinated.
Who is going to be affected? All existing ecosystems.
Where is it going to happen? It is going to happen
all over the world.
Melting of the Arctic ice
What is it? It is the phenomenon that occurs when massive ice layers melt because of the increase of earth's temperature.
When is it going to happen? The Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2040.
Why is it going to affect? Emissions of carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere will increase, just as the shrinking of mountain glaciers will do. The sea levels will rise, which in turn will increase coastal erosion and natural disasters like hurricanes and typhoons.
Who is going to be affected? All living creatures on earth.
Where is it going to happen? In the frozen north pole,
the Arctic .