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CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF PLANET EARTH
 

WEATHER
Anyone have any sunblock?  I'm feeling a tad sunburned

Global warming and
extreme weather
causing glaciers to melt, climate changes, rising sea levels, coastal damage, floods, crop failures.

Extreme weather changes and violent storms

ATMOSPHERE

Polluted air
Hole in ozone layer
Acid rain
Greenhouse gas buildup

hole in the ozone layer allowing more of the sun's radiation to reach us

Time to recycle this gas-guzzler!

WATER

Polluted water causing
loss of species in rivers, 
watersheds, and oceans.
Loss of wetlands, groundwater,
dwindling supplies of
fresh water worldwide.

I just saw that cruise ship dump smelly junk in our ocean

This water tastes yukky !HOW RUDE!

PLANTS

Loss of oxygen producers:
green one-celled plants,
seaweed of the oceans,
green plants and trees of
the forests and fields --- from:

Destruction of open space
Destruction of ecosystems
Urban sprawl
Pollution of waters
Pollution of air
Spread of non-native species

These chemicals are killing meHelp - I absorbed acid rain

LAND

Poor land use decisions:
Clearcutting forests, draining wetlands, development along coastlines and fresh water sources, fragmentation of habitat.
The smothering and destruction of natural habitat from development.

Scraping away the environment with bulldozer

Healthy tree absorbing carbon and releasing oxygen

FORESTS

Deforestation (mass logging) :
Less carbon dioxide removed from air
Less oxygen produced
Loss of animal habitat
Soil erosion - floods
Loss of plant and animal species

DEFORESTATION

We're out of work - that's the last treeHere lies what used to be a forest ecosystem

SPECIES LOSS

Destruction of ocean floor, forests, coral reefs, habitat, wilderness, open space.
Pollution of ocean, rivers, watersheds.
Overharvesting of species
Pollution of air
Destruction of ecosystems
Loss of biodiversity
 


What factor can be found in each environmental problem listed above?

HUMANS


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