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What are 20 different ways humans are destroying the Earth?
Give me specifics..not just "global warming"
2 Answers
- asgspifsLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
First of all, we are not "destroying the Earth" - we are destroying our environment on Earth.
Pollution:
air pollution
ocean pollution (acidification)
clean water pollution (in rivers and ground water)
land subsidence due to unsustainable over extraction of ground water
land subsidence due to unsustainable over extraction of oil and natural gas
land subsidence due to underground removal of coal
wasteful over use of natural resources, including
coal
oil
natural gas
wood
water
metals (Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, Ag, Pt, etc.)
building materials (clay, silica, gypsum, limestone)
clear cutting forests reducing trees that take up CO2 and reducing available habitats for other life
urbanization reducing vegetation, decreasing animal and plant habitats, increasing instances of soil erosion dust storms, destroying wetlands
over grazing, over farming (less fertile soils), over fishing are all unsustainable
waste disposal on land, underground, in rivers, in oceans
increasing CO2 emissions increasing global warming and causing climate change
- 8 years ago
polution: people are throwing away a lot of things that can be recycled
toxic waste: just by us pooping we are destroying the ozon layer