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Environmental Issues
Posted by Tanya Pandey on June 21, 2023 at 8:18 pmDescribe the Environmental Issues.
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Environmental issues are the harmful effects of human activities on the environment. These include pollution, overpopulation, waste disposal, climate change, global warming, the greenhouse effect, etc. <div>
Pollution:- The introduction of harmful materials into the environment.
Overpopulation:- The state whereby the human population rises to an extent exceeding the carrying capacity of the ecological setting
Waste disposal:- The removal, disposal, recycling, or destruction of unwanted materials such as waste generated by agriculture, domestic use, or industrial products.
Climate change:- The long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
Global Warming:- Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth’s surface observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in Earth’s atmosphere.
Greenhouse effect:- The way in which heat is trapped close to Earth’s surface by “greenhouse gases
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