Only serious ones please.
I need a list of any environmental issues that you think are pressing today, e.g. litter.
Thanks!
2007-02-11 05:33:36 · 9 answers · asked by anon 3 in Environment
Climate change
Global warming
Greenhouse gas
Desertification
Ecological crisis
Endangered species
Soil pollution
Air pollution
Noise pollution
Nuclear warfare
Soil contamination
Water pollution
Thermal pollution
Overuse of resources
Deforestation
Over use of Fossil fuels
Intensive farming
Irrigation (which destroys river systems and natural land)
Land degradation
Light pollution (light as in illumination)
Overgrazing
Overpopulation
Resource depletion
Lack of Waste management
Poor Waste management concepts
Poor Sanitation
Poor Solid waste treatment technologies
Poor Waste water treatment technologies
Radioactive waste treatment
2007-02-11 05:41:20 · answer #1 · answered by ♥chelley♥ 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are lots and they come under different catagories.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change
Global warming
Global warming hypothesis
Glossary of climate change
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gas
Kyoto protocol
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Waste management
CONSERVATION
Biodiversity
Deforestation
Desertification
Ecological crisis
Endangered species
Holocene extinction event
Pollinator decline
Soil conservation
CONTAMINATION
Air pollution
Noise pollution
Nuclear warfare
Soil contamination
Water pollution
Drinking water
Eutrophication
Thermal pollution
OVER-USE OF RESOURCES
Agriculture
Deforestation
Fossil fuels
Intensive farming
Irrigation
Land degradation
Over-illumination
Light pollution
Overgrazing
Overpopulation
Resource depletion
Water crisis
OTHER
Light pollution
Litter
Noise pollution
Genetic engineering
Traffic
2007-02-12 10:59:56 · answer #2 · answered by rachel_spider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Global warming, the use of fossil fuels, pollution of air caused by use of these fossil fuels, land and water pollution, the fact that recycling isn't mandatory in every single state in the USA, and quickly diminishing rain forests are just a few of the environmental issues off the top of my head.
2007-02-11 14:07:38 · answer #3 · answered by mommasquarepants 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Denial by most people of any limit to their consumerist asspiration. as described as long ago as ancient Greece by Epicurius.
Human ignorance -
Human belief in unlimited industrial & economic growth and lack of human awareness of life sustaining systems & interconectedness.
resulting in unconstrained human population growth and consumption;
Human greed and short term self-interest.
The fundamental environmental issue is people's culture, their world view, morality etc.
Do we want to live in happy, healthy life-sustaining communities; or in one that only measures GDP & aquisition of more personal possesions?
2007-02-13 09:34:13 · answer #4 · answered by fred 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uneducated humans
obliviation
politics
greed.
All these are the core of our enviromental issues.
Only when we can band together and want the same actions can the planet be saved.
2007-02-15 12:52:00 · answer #5 · answered by jules 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
global warming, red tides, water pollution , air pollution , over logging --> landslides, floods , nuclear and chemical wasts spill
2007-02-11 13:40:50 · answer #6 · answered by rin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lack of recycling programs, litter, air pollution, water pollution, hole in the ozone layer, overflowing landfills
2007-02-11 13:41:43 · answer #7 · answered by MANDY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GLOBAL WARMING
prevention
things reuse reduce refuse recycle
ANIMAL CONSERVATION
endangered species
2007-02-15 08:33:20 · answer #8 · answered by sapphire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only one problem that causes these issues ..............
Mankind.
2007-02-11 15:25:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋