By and large, more people in today’s society recognize that people are causing significant damage to their local and ultimately global environment. Evidence shows that the release of carbon dioxide and other toxic gas emissions from factories and other industrial sources result in unprecedented increases in levels prior to human industrialization in the atmosphere. The problem with increases in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is that this thickening blanket of greenhouse gas is altering the equilibrium of the greenhouse effect, leading to increased global average temperatures and are largely linked to the global warming concerns. Additionally, toxic gases including nitrogen oxides are responsible for the formation of smog, leading to reduced air quality. Further evidence of a declining environment is a result of many industrial processes discharging hazardous materials such as mercury into nearby lakes and streams, leading to the death of fish and other aquatic wildlife, and a loss of potable drinking water. These environmental tragedies are present across the globe, and since there are no boundaries to the flow of water or prevailing winds in the atmosphere, is truly a global problem.
To counter the current path of the declining environment, people across the world must unite if human civilization is to continue on into the years ahead. The risk of doing nothing may result in the deaths of many due to a loss of a reliable drinking supply. And if global warming does in fact cause a change in local climates, nations affected by drought may lose their crops and other food sources. The citizens will mainly feel these tragedies; however, governments that wish to survive will begin attacking nations that still have sufficient resources. The threat of another world war is quite serious and so people must unite now to develop solutions to better the environment and allow people to survive into the future.
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