Topic 1

environmental problems
Eduardo Machado nº9 11ºH
Environmental problems

This are the main environmental problems that we

face today:

● Pollution
● Climate change
● Deforestation
● Soil degradation
 Causes of the problems
Climate
pollution
Change
The main cause of pollution,
in whatever form, whether it The main cause of this event
is air, water and land, is is also burning fossil fuels
burning fossil fuels because they release a lot of
carbon into the atmosphere
DEforestatio
n Soil degradaton
Today we have about 60%
less land covered by florests Degradation of soil quality
then 11,000 years ago from poor farming practices,
because we keep cutting excessive use of fertilizers
trees instead of planting and pesticides
them
 Consequences
01 02
Impact on human
Loss of biodiversity
health
Due to the fact we are
We are losing a lot of
biodiversity due to
exposed to toxic air pollutants
deforestation wich leads to
can cause problems like
the extinction of a lot of
pneumonia and asthma
species

03
Ozone layer depletion
Due to the excess of carbon in
the atmosphere the ozone
layer depletes, what exposes
us to radiation
 Solutions

Climate Soil
Polution Deforestation
changes degradation
We can’t afford to Practice an eco-
There should be high Replace fossil fuels
keep cutting and friendly farming
fines for illegal with renewable
burning down trees, method so that we
dumping so that energy in order to
we need to create don’t damage our
people would dispose reduce the emissions
reforestation soils
their trash in the of carbon into the
campaigns
correct places atmosphere
 conclusion
Our planet is facing a lot of problems because
of us so it’s our job to solve the problems we
created otherwise our future generations won’t
be able to enjoy the planet like we did.