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Global
Environmental Problems |
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Global Warming |
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Climate Change |
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Scientists
believe that this trend is dangerous. Experts say that
unless we do something about reducing the greenhouse
emissions, average temperatures of earth could be 3 to 9
degrees higher by the turn of century.
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Climate change is any
long-term significant change in the “average
weather” which a particular region may experience.
Continuous man made fossil fuel emissions has
caused global warming, which in turn in lading to
climate change..
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Ozone Depletion |
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Air Pollution |
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Ozone is a natural gas in stratosphere, which
protects us from sun's harmful ultraviolet rays. But
due to human's use of ozone depleting chemicals such
as CFC's and aerosols etc., had lead to destruction
of ozone in stratosphere.
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Effects
of air pollution on human health have
been observed , studied and reported in
research all over the world for the past
50 years. These effects include
respiratory diseases such as asthma,
cardiovascular diseases, changes in lung
function, and death.
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Water Pollution |
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Hazardous Waste |
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As the world has industrialized and its
population has grown, the problem of
water pollution has intensified. For
many years, we have been dumping
untreated sewage, domestic and
industrial waster without any concern.
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The universe of
hazardous wastes is large and diverse.
Hazardous wastes can be liquids, solids,
contained gases, or sludge's. They can
be the by-products of manufacturing
processes or simply discarded commercial
products, like cleaning fluids or
pesticides.
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Deforestation |
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Urbanization |
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Much of the
earth’s most delicate ecosystems have been
affected by rampant and irresponsible deforestation.
Although the dire effects are well known and
documented by researches around the world,
deforestation still persists by those
who still break the law and for illegal
business..
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Because
industrialization and urbanization often
advance uncontrolled or unorganized way,
they can have destructive effects on the
environment, particularly on basic
ecosystems, wildlife habitat, and global
biodiversity. Land use and land cover
changes as a result.
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