Analysis report

My name is : vishwa
Section - 6A

How are we
destroying
the
environment
?

A:

QUICK ANSWER

Humans are destroying the

environment through ways such as

burning fossil fuels, deforestation,

farming and industry, all of which

produce copious amounts of

greenhouse gases. The phenomenon

of global warming is argued to be

caused by humans due to the many

ways humans pollute the environment

with greenhouse gases.

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KEEP LEARNING

" How do fossil fuels damage the environment?

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" How do humans affect the carbon cycle?
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" How do humans modify their environment?
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FULL ANSWER

Scientists agree that burning fossil

fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas

to generate large amounts of energy

is the human activity that has the

greatest impact on global warming.

Deforestation for housing, farming

and industry has a direct effect on

ecosystems and endangered species.

Trees absorb carbon dioxide

emissions from the environment, and

when large areas are cleared through

deforestation, stored carbon is also

released into the atmosphere.

Industry and agriculture produce large

amounts of greenhouse gases

through fertilizers, mining and release

from factories. Use of landfills also

has an impact on the release of

greenhouse gases into the

environment. As food, paper,

vegetation and sewage wastes break

down in landfills and waste sites, they

release carbon dioxide and methane.

Evidence of climate change is

observed in rising sea levels over the

last century, the rise in global

temperature since 1880, warming

oceans, shrinking Greenland and

Antarctic ice sheets, declining arctic

sea ice, glacial retreat, extreme high

temperature events, ocean

acidification, and decreased snow

cover.

LEARN MORE ABOUT HUMAN IMPACT

Sources:

wwf.org.au

climate.nasa.gov

worldwildlife.org

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surrounding of ours .
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