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The Impact Of Environmental Issues On The Environment

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Throughout history, the environment around our society has played a large role and has had serious implication on the very existence of humans. From war, peace migration, population growth, disease, along with the rise and fall of many civilizations mother nature has been right along for the ride through the prosperity and as well as the hardship. The environmental problems that occur have been happening due to natural occurrences, but recently since the age of the Industrial Revolution human activity has become a large factor in the increased problems that are present, and the implications of our consequences are hurting not only the environment but also us in turn. The major environmental issues cause by humans are loss in biodiversity, deforestation, ocean pollution, water scarcity and climate change. The different environmental issues that are brought up with human activity are intense and sometimes the effects are not seen immediately but they do have an effect on the surrounding environment. First, I will elaborate one the different issues and explain what they include. The first being Biodiversity, which is known as the “The variety of life, typically expressed in terms of species richness.” (Bolen 2010). This includes both biotic and abiotic factors in the natural world that thrive. The second issue present is that of deforestation which is the action of clearing an area of trees, which could range anywhere from a small piece of land to a large area. Another

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