The tremendous advancement is science is marked by the availability of sophisticated electronic gadgets, global communication, social networking and advanced machinery leading to breathtaking megastructures, state-of-the-art vehicles and military weaponry. Technological advancement has brought unequivocal benefits to human lives, offering convenience and security.
In that issue, mankind has been pushing the limits of their relationship with the environment. According to a research held by USA scientists, they state that the advancement and progress have marched along with the destruction of the environment. They found that the air is no longer fresh and oxygenated but saturated with dust, impurities, and noxious gases. Vast tracts of forest have been destroyed and the marine ecosystem is under threat.
Massive deforestation is one of the major causes of environmental damage. This is happening because of lack of legislation or poor enforcement of existing laws account for unsustainable logging activities worldwide. Illegal loggers are drawn by lucrative profits, and conservation efforts and replanting are unable to keep pace with the ceaseless exploitation.Moreover, as the human population grows, more forests are cleared for housing and agricultural development. Even animals are losing their habitats and certain species are facing extinction like rhinoceros, Malayan tiger, tapir and etc. Cutting trees have damaged water catchment areas and contributed to increased occurrences of landslides and flash floods. Loose soils can cause landslides, whereas accumulated soil at riverbanks increases the occurrence of flash floods.
Another cause of environmental damage is air pollution. There are some gasses which contain more chemical substance and damage this environment very badly like carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and etc. The role of this gas can found in our daily life. This type of gasses can found in factories, unfiltered emission from diesel-powered vehicles and some company manufacture machines. There also have a chlorofluorocarbon(CFC) which is cause depletion of the ozone layer. If ozone layer continues to deplete, the temperature of Earth will increase too extremely. The greenhouse effect is a process whereby radiation from the sun, much of which is normally reflected back out into space, bypasses the ozone layer and is trapped in the atmosphere.Because of this, the Earth faced some problems like unseasonal droughts and deluges, melting polar icecaps and rising sea levels.
Furthermore, the impact of human activities on marine life is equally alarming. Unfilteredrefuse from industrial factories as well as domestic wastes is disposed of in rivers and lakes, polluting the water. Polluted rivers and lakes emit an appalling stench, and the scarcity of hygienic water supplies gives rise to an increased risk of an epidemic outbreak. Polluted water cannot sustain aquatic life. Inland reclamation projects, millions of tonnes of stones are dumped into the sea, threatening the entire marine ecosystem. Extensive damage to marine and terrestrial wildlife from this spill affecting fishing and tourism were reported.
All in all, UnitedNations have to focus on this issue and take serious action about it. Humans have no right to utilize nature’s resources without protecting, conserving and replenishing them, let alone destroy the environment with lethal pollutants. We can blame no one else but ourselves for the destruction of our pristine environment.The tremendous advancement is science is marked by the availability of sophisticated electronic gadgets, global communication, social networking and advanced machinery leading to breathtaking megastructures, state-of-the-art vehicles and military weaponry. Technological advancement has brought unequivocal benefits to human lives, offering convenience and security.
In that issue, mankind has been pushing the limits of their relationship with the environment. According to a research held by USA scientists, they state that the advancement and progress have marched along with the destruction of the environment. They found that the air is no longer fresh and oxygenated but saturated with dust, impurities, and noxious gases. Vast tracts of forest have been destroyed and the marine ecosystem is under threat.
Massive deforestation is one of the major causes of environmental damage. This is happening because of lack of legislation or poor enforcement of existing laws account for unsustainable logging activities worldwide. Illegal loggers are drawn by lucrative profits, and conservation efforts and replanting are unable to keep pace with the ceaseless exploitation.Moreover, as the human population grows, more forests are cleared for housing and agricultural development. Even animals are losing their habitats and certain species are facing extinction like rhinoceros, Malayan tiger, tapir and etc. Cutting trees have damaged water catchment areas and contributed to increased occurrences of landslides and flash floods. Loose soils can cause landslides,whereas accumulated soil at riverbanks increases the occurrence offlash floods.
Another cause ofenvironmental damage is air pollution. There are some gasses which iscontains more chemical substance and damage this environment verybadly like carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and etc. The role of thisgas can found in our daily life. This type of gasses can found infactories, unfiltered emission from diesel-powered vehicles and somecompany manufacture machines. There also have a chlorofluorocarbon(CFC) which is cause depletion of the ozone layer. If ozone layercontinues to depletes, the temperature of Earth will increase toextreme level. The greenhouse effect is a process whereby radiationfrom the sun, much of which is normally reflected back out intospace, bypasses the ozone layer and is trapped in the atmosphere.Because of this, the Earth faced some problems like unseasonaldroughts and deluges, melting polar icecaps and rising sea levels.
Furthermore, the impactof human activities on marine life is equally alarming. Unfilteredrefuse from industrial factories as well as domestic wastes aredisposed of in rivers and lakes, polluting the water. Polluted riversand lakes emit an appalling stench, and the scarcity of hygienicwater supplies gives rise to an increased risk of an epidemicoutbreak. Polluted water cannot sustain aquatic life. In landreclamation projects, millions of tonnes of stones are dumped intothe sea, threatening the entire marine ecosystem. Extensive damage tomarine and terrestrial wildlife from this spill affecting fishing andtourism was reported.
All in all, UnitedNations have to focused in this issue and take serious action aboutit. Humans have no right to utilize nature’s resources withoutprotecting, conserving and replenishing them, let alone destroy theenvironment with lethal pollutants. We can blame no one else butourselves for the destruction of our pristine environment.
