Due to the impact of chemical compounds of anthropogenic origins, the ozone layer of our planet collapses. Not only does this layer prevent Earth from losing oxygen but it also protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation. That’s the reason why meteorologists around the world keep recording an abnormal temperature increase.
It seems that the whole world has seen the photos of alligators hibernating in ice as well as iguanas that have fallen into a state of anabiosis. While alligators are adjusted to such dramatic changes in temperature, iguanas are not that cold-resistant and extreme cold means death for them.
It seems humanity will soon get used to this phenomenon, which is, unfortunately, not the norm.
Due to poaching and illegal hunting, the Amur tigers started to come out on roads hoping for a misstep of people that would provide them with food. Tigers aren’t the only animals doing this. Many different starving wild animals have to adapt to these new living conditions. Unfortunately, the extermination of forests is another global problem that threatens our world.
If the loss of agricultural land was compensated by deforestation, there would be almost no forests left. If humanity keeps its current pace of deforestation, all forests will be destroyed by 2040.
Rapid industrial development causes 85% of people on our planet to breathe in polluted air.
In 2017, 66,131 fires had been recorded in the USA. These uncontrollable fires have destroyed 9.8 million acres of land in total. It’s worth noting that 90% of forest fires start because of humans’ careless attitudes toward fire.
The change in the chemical composition of the atmosphere causes the formation of acid rain. It poisons the environment and contaminates soil and water reservoirs.
According to scientists’ forecasts, the Earth’s population will reach 9 billion people by 2030. Just think about it: 101 years ago in 1927, the population of the planet was only 2 billion.
These photos of a starving polar bear are the best display our planet’s global warming problem. Polar bears hunt for seals from sea ice floes. But each year, the amount of ice decreases, which means that these wild animals have to live off fat stores that accumulated during winter when the formation of ice happens naturally.
Every year, more than 12 million tons of oil get dumped into the world’s oceans. It happens due to the leakage of oil from damaged wells and tankers. About 25% of seawater is covered with a layer of oil varying in thickness. In 2010, an explosion of The Deepwater Horizon oil platform resulted in the leakage of 1000 tons of oil into the ocean. The British Petroleum company has spent billions of dollars to eliminate the substance but despite all efforts, they could only remove 75% of the combustible substance.
260 million tons of plastic debris get into the ocean annually, resulting in the formation of huge plastic continents. The biggest one is located in the Pacific Ocean taking up 10% of its surface.
The problem of plastic pollution in the seas and oceans is becoming more serious every year. There have been cases of whales choking on plastic debris and washing ashore. To raise awareness of this, people of The Greenpeace Philippines installed a replica of a dead whale on one of the beaches in South Manila. The entire installation was made from the plastic wreck found in the ocean’s waters.
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and he is us."
- - Walt Kelly, Earth Day, 1970
For instance, global warming causes artic ice caps to melt. This causes colder water to move into normally warm water currents. Which can then lead to areas that are normally temperate becoming cold. Or, areas that are normally dry and arid, becoming wet and cold.
Think of it this way. Take a look at England/Scotland/Ireland. If you compare their longitude to the same area in the Americas, you'll see they line up with northern Canada, yet they are more in line with the temperature of much farther south in the Americas, more like new York or Pennsylvania.
Normally, the North Atlantic Drift brings warm water up from the Gulf of Mexico up around this areas resulting in a warm climate even so far north. But, because of the colder artic water disrupting the drift we can expect to see colder weather phenomenon in this area of the world as the planets overall temperature increases.
That's why scientists and activists have started referring to it as "climate change" rather than "global warming" because too many people aren't able to understand that climate and weather aren't the same thing
Climate refers to the overall weather conditions of the planet while weather refers to isolated conditions on a local level.
Not understand this is how we get comically depressing situations where a US Congressman can legitimately convince the public global warming is a hoax by being a single snowball onto the floor of Congress.
The Pacific Garbage patch isn't mostly made up of things like water bottles and straws, but is at least 50% fishing nets.
In fact, the push to make plastic straws illegal benefits those same fishing companies more than anyone else. Governments make laws regulating single plastic use and the general public feels like they've accomplished something substantial and then no one looks to close at where the actual plastic pollution is coming from.
It's similar to how plastic bottling companies passed all of the blame on to the consumer when they made local governments enact recycling programs, even though they all are well aware that it is cheaper to manufacturer new plastic than it is to purchase recycled plastic.
So, the bottling companies can pass the responsibility and the blame on the consumer all while not making any changes whatsoever.
Half the stuff we do to "fix" problems really just make things worse.
... that claim is misleading.
Pink or red water in reservoirs is often caused by natural microorganisms (algae or salt-loving bacteria) that produce red pigments, especially in salty or warm conditions. It is not automatically linked to acid rain or atmospheric chemical changes. While pollution can cause discoloration in some cases, it must be confirmed locally and cannot be assumed from the color alone.
this pic is so old and many tumes proven as interpreted misleading. The picture was misused to sway public perception: polar bears don't starve.
The opposite is right: The polar bear population increases.
It's getting too cold.
We're cutting down trees and trees never grow back.
Polar bears are starving despite increasing population. (maybe that's a clue)
See the seahorse with the Qtip? Proof that 10% of the Pacific Ocean is covered in plastic. But you can't see from satellites for some reason.
It's all propaganda.
Do you have something in mind?