作者：Dražen Grgurić 3 年以前
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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.
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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
