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Learning Activity 12

1. What is climate change?

"Climate change" refers to changes in the earth's natural circumstances. This is due
to a variety of internal and external variables. Climate change has been a worldwide
issue in recent decades. Furthermore, these climatic variations have a variety of
effects on life on Earth. The climate of the Earth has always altered and developed.
Some of these changes have been caused by natural factors such as volcanic
eruptions, floods, forest fires, and so on, but many have been caused by human
activity. Human activities such as deforestation, the use of fossil fuels, animal
rearing, and so on emit massive amounts of greenhouse gases. As a result, the
greenhouse effect and global warming occur, which are the primary drivers of
climate change. If the current state of climate change continues, it will have an
influence on all kinds of life on Earth. The earth's temperature will increase, monsoon
patterns will shift, sea levels will rise, and storms, volcano eruptions, and natural
calamities will become more common. The earth's biological and ecological
equilibrium will be disrupted. The environment will become contaminated, and
humanity will be unable to breathe clean air or drink clean water. The earth's life will
come to an end.

2. How do you define sustainable development?

Sustainable development is defined as development that satisfies the requirements
of the present without jeopardizing future generations' ability to satisfy their own
needs.

3. What are the major environmental problems you are exposed to?
The list of environmental challenges is long, but three big ones touch the vast
majority of them: global warming and climate change, water pollution and ocean
acidification, and biodiversity loss. These three concerns require immediate attention
and decisive action on our part to safeguard the preservation of our only habitable
planet. Focusing on these three big concerns will also have a knock-on effect on a
variety of other environmental challenges, such as ineffective recycling systems and
food waste. Worldwide warming and climate change have become a global threat as
a result of human activity. Other greenhouse gases have contributed to rising global
average temperatures, severe weather events, rising sea levels, and other negative
impacts. Water pollution is caused by a variety of factors, including rapid
urbanization, inappropriate sewage disposal by companies, oil spills, the dumping of
chemical and radioactive waste, and plastic contamination. Water shortages and
dirty water are becoming major threats to human survival in many countries
throughout the world. Biodiversity helps to preserve the ecosystem's equilibrium and
supplies biological resources that are essential to our survival. Humanity are
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wreaking on the diversity of the earth in a variety of ways, including habitat loss,
climate change, pollutants, secondary extinction, and introduced species.
4. List down 10 man-made pollutions
The Dust Bowl The oil crisis
Poison in Minamata Bay Dying oceans
Ecocide in Vietnam Perfect storm over Lake Victoria
Death in Bhopal Rape of the Amazon
Catastrophe at Chernobyl Our warming planet
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