7 billion people and growing
DEFORESTATION
CONSEQUENCES
Less transpiration
No cloud formation, no rains
More floods
LESS o2 PRODUCED
REASONS
To develop agricultural activities
Mining
pollution: soil, water, air, visual, noise
Business
TO MAKE MORE HOUSES
More energy is needed
NUCLEAR energy will be developed
more water will be wasted
more possibile accidents like Chernobyl
Renewable enery will be needed
solar, tidal, wind, wave, geothermal, biomass
Fossil fuels will disappear
WATER ISSUES
more water pollution
diseases: cholera, typhoid
domestic waste, industrial waste, agricultural waste
oil spills
more consumption
AIR POLLUTION
diseases
headaches, lung cancer, asthma, bronchitis
acid rain
living creatures will die
soil is ruined
ozone depletion
more UV rays
more skin cancer
MORE FOOD IS NEEDED
More pastoral farming
more use of chemicals
fertilizers
EUTROPHICATION!!!
pesticides
more methane
GLOBAL WARMING!!!!
poles will melt, ocean levels will grow, countries will disappear
OVERFISHING
reduced biodiversity
More arable farming
overexpoitation of the soil
desertification
soil degradation
