Environmental Example

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17 May 2010

Environmental Examples

The lamentable condition of the Amazon River is featured in the You Tube video The Amazon Dries Up . It shows major portions of the river drying up with boats stranded , fish dying because of lack of oxygen , and people traveling far in search of clean water to drink Going through this video brought up feelings of sadness and anxiety at the same time because of the deplorable status of the environment in the area , and the apparent hopelessness of the situation

. Forests have been denuded for the benefit of a few but with a predictably great impact in the offing . It is scary to think about the future basing from this video especially since this video was done in 2006 yet . The emphasis of the film is against deforestation and more emission of greenhouse gases which are said to be the culprits behind the drought in the Amazon

Environmental degradation (Ferris Stein , Ch . 15 ) has emerged to become one of the world 's major social problems as humans have acknowledged its effects like global warming (Ferris Stein , Ch . 15 ) and climate change The problem is actually one that is of a major dimension because many people will be affected if these problems continue to worsen . As we feel the effects of global warming , not a lot of the world 's inhabitants may survive and some species may become extinct . Furthermore , climate change can bring about devastations of unknown magnitudes . Just the recent...