Environmental
problems in the
World

Why is it happening?
Who are the real culprits?
How can we solve the environmental problems?

“Nothing is more important to human
beings than an ecologically functioning,
life sustaining biosphere on the earth. It
is the only habitable place we know of in
a forbidding universe. We all depend on it
to live and we are compelled to share it; it
is our only home...”
Joseph H. Guth.- environmentalist.

Eastern
Asia
Africa Europe
Europe
North
America
South
America

Reasons of environmental problems:
•Global Warming;
•Air pollution;
•Water pollution;
•Dangerous waste;
•Rainforest destruction.

Global Warming
Causes:
•Consumption of energy;
•Large amounts of garbage;
•Gases.
Effects:
•Rise of temperatures;
•Rise of sea levels;
•Relocation of inhabitants;
•Ruin of croplands.

Air pollution
Causes:
•Natural (eruptions, etc.)
•Burning of fossil fuels;
•Chemicals.
Effects:
•Diseases;
•Killing of plants and trees;
•Killing animals;
•River pollution.

Water pollution
Causes:
•Garbage;
•Toxic pollutants;
•Oil.
Effects:
•Disappearance of species;
•Diseases;
•Disruption of the natural food
chain;
•Changes in ecosystems.

Dangerous waste
Causes:
•Industrial processes;
•Expensiveness of the storage;
Effects:
•Diseases;
•Soil, water and air pollutions.

Rainforest destruction
Causes:
•Growing population;
•Need in resources;
•Wood production;
Effects:
•Lung diseases;
•Climate changes;
•Air pollution.

Who are the culprits?

Solutions
•By teaching people about
environment and its functions;
•Widespread media attention;
•Governments should control
the situation very strictly;
•By limiting population growth;
•By using less energy;
•By reducing waste;
•By moving to non-polluting
renewable forms of energy
production.

Works cited:
•“Oracle ThinkQuest; Education Foundation”; website.
(library.thinkquest.org)
•“The Nature Conservancy”; website. (www.nature.org)
•Joseph H. Guth (Research Scientist; environmentalist; Berkeley Center
for Green Chemistry; “Vermont Journal of Environmental Law”; Vol. 9;
Issue 3 (Spring 2008); pages 431-512.)
•“A Sand County Almanac”; Aldo Leopold; Ecology, Environmentalism;
Oxford University Press; 1949.