Climate change and destruction of natural resources is one of the most current critical problems in the world:
Many factors in this day and age are contributing to climate change. Although these causes can be both natural and anthropogenic, unfortunately, man is only speeding up this destructive process.
The most common and well known factor is the Greenhouse effect, which is a natural process through which land and water masses absorb radiation from the sun. Most of that heat is then released back into the atmosphere. Recently, due to human activity, we are trapping more heat than our planet actually needs, giving rise to the melting of the polar icecaps. This extra water in the ocean greatly effects marine biology.
Industrialisation is one of the major sources of anthropogenic destruction to the environment. Deforestation of forests for construction purposes, causes a decrease in the transpiration rate of plants, leading to desertification, which can in turn cause a dryer climate. Scientists estimate that up to 13% of global carbon emissions come from deforestation. This figure is greater than the carbon emissions from every car, truck and plane on the planet combined.
One can simply look at the Great Barrier Reef, and will no longer see bright and vibrantly coloured corals, but only a faded, brown, and lifeless seabed. Due to …show more content…
In many countries, such as the UK, there has been a vast increase in flooding. This is due to overdevelopment, because since there is less natural land for the water to be absorbed, and an increase in torrential rainfalls, the water has no other place to travel to, and ends up destroying homes and cities in the process. There has also been an increase in wildfires, namely in Europe, South America, and Australia. Whenever people pollute an area with glass bottles, they heat up, and due to the light rays, may even cause a fire, destroying whole habitats in
Many factors in this day and age are contributing to climate change. Although these causes can be both natural and anthropogenic, unfortunately, man is only speeding up this destructive process.
The most common and well known factor is the Greenhouse effect, which is a natural process through which land and water masses absorb radiation from the sun. Most of that heat is then released back into the atmosphere. Recently, due to human activity, we are trapping more heat than our planet actually needs, giving rise to the melting of the polar icecaps. This extra water in the ocean greatly effects marine biology.
Industrialisation is one of the major sources of anthropogenic destruction to the environment. Deforestation of forests for construction purposes, causes a decrease in the transpiration rate of plants, leading to desertification, which can in turn cause a dryer climate. Scientists estimate that up to 13% of global carbon emissions come from deforestation. This figure is greater than the carbon emissions from every car, truck and plane on the planet combined.
One can simply look at the Great Barrier Reef, and will no longer see bright and vibrantly coloured corals, but only a faded, brown, and lifeless seabed. Due to …show more content…
In many countries, such as the UK, there has been a vast increase in flooding. This is due to overdevelopment, because since there is less natural land for the water to be absorbed, and an increase in torrential rainfalls, the water has no other place to travel to, and ends up destroying homes and cities in the process. There has also been an increase in wildfires, namely in Europe, South America, and Australia. Whenever people pollute an area with glass bottles, they heat up, and due to the light rays, may even cause a fire, destroying whole habitats in