Environmental Impact Of Global Warming On The Earth's Environment

It is evident from the history that the impact of human intervention on the environment and landscape of earth, is among the most daunting of our times. Over the past fifty years, humans have advanced greatly in the field of technology and have made their lives so comforting, but have you ever wondered that the comforts you live in, the access of everything able to us is coming at the cost of what? It is our environment that provides the raw material, it is our earth that produces and regenerates those resources.

Growing concern of the world over the impacts of climate change on the earth might limit the access to fossils in future. There could be a forced choice between environment and energy, which can lead to economic crisis.

Fossil fuels

There are three main impacts humans are causing on the Earth’s environment: pollution, deforestation, and overpopulation. Pollution of the air refers to toxic gasses and emissions being released into the atmosphere. Most of these pollutions and gasses are emitted from the exhaust from the cars people drive, large industrial factories, power plants, and (industrial) boilers (Kramer). Each of these sources of air pollution is from human actions, people driving cars, running factories, etc. The repercussions of the pollution of the air include health issues such as damage to the lungs but also damage to the Earth’s ozone layer. The diminishing ozone layer will lead to a higher amount of ultraviolet rays from the sun that will pass through the atmosphere, which can be very damaging and dangerous to the human eyes and skin (Kramer). Another effect that comes from human interaction with the environment is deforestation. Deforestation is the destruction of forest and natural land, which results in a destruction and loss of quality of the land. The largest driver for deforestation is agriculture; farmers looking for more land to grow their crops so they can survive and compete economically (Moneta). According to Tomas Moneta from National Geographic, “One of the most dramatic consequences of deforestation is the destruction of habitats for various species. Deforestation drives these species out of their natural habitats, which disrupts and destroys their lives.” Another consequence of human deforestation is climate change (St. John). By destroying so much natural land, trees, and plants, it is causing a riff in the cycle. By not having trees or plants to shade the soil, the soil dries up. When the soil dries up there is no way to fuel the other still standing plants so then those plants too dry out and die causing a