Other Problems

• Global Warming (polar caps are melting, certain species struggle to survive under new conditions)

• Industrialization (factory smoke, car gas)

• Pollution (pesticides, CFCs, they enhance the greenhouse effect in which airborne carbon compounds retain heat from the sun and deplete the ozone layer, which is bad for humans in general because if the ozone layer is breached severely, ultraviolet rays will reach the earth and kill humans, also presently this causes skin cancer)

• Oil Spills (kills marine life, animals can't swim through oil, bird that hunt in a sea of oil get killed because they can't fly after they get oil on their feathers causing them to drown, btw nice thing you can do is donate hair to organizations that use it to clean oil since oil sticks to hair, so nexttime you get a haircut think about that)

• Overpopulation (human population increases exponentially, leading to increased waste, did you know by 2050 all our current landfills will be filled completely, where does our waste go then, disregarding the fact that much of it already goes in the ocean?)

• Deforestation (save the trees! and the owls! deforestation + erosion can lead to barren land, where you cant plant anything, not even grow new trees to reuse, so plant trees! NYC is working on the Million Trees project right now! help the trees in the city or your neighborhood grow. if the soil is hard, rake it out to soften it and airate the trees. afterwards add compost, which is decayed materials as fertilizer. then you should also add mulch on top of the compost around the tree so that it can retain water when watered and please do water your local trees. you can totally plant your own trees too! in fact theres an organization that you can request a free tree from, my english teacher actually got one! anyway, take care of the trees! fresh air! more oxygen! and a great environment for animals and people!)

• Radioactivity (nuclears research = bad, although nuclear power plants are nice for us and all, radioactivity causes cancer and other lethal illnesses! remember when america used that nuclear bomb back in WWII? there are still radioactive remnants of it where it landed! and it continues to cause death and illness. the water, in the country jordan, is highly radioactive! and thats clearly bad for the people and kills them just like lead poisoning. also, watch out for lead in water. keep your water clean! filter it! a lot of romans died from lead poisoning because they failed to keep their aqueducts clean. even i sometimes, although rarely find little black dots in my water, check your pipe systems! keeping the env. clean is also a part of keeping humans healthy.)

• Also, keep in mind, that most of our environmental problems can't be prevented, only slowed. For example, the greenhouse effect is natural and occurs with or without human pollution accelerating it. Possible solutions have been proposed, although, to protecting humans from ultraviolet rays. Some people believe that releasing debris into the atmosphere is a good idea because it will help cover the gaps int he ozone layer. 

• And recycling (by the way, compost is something you can make by yourself, keep a bin or pile in your backyard where you throw remains of vegetables or any organic trash you have, and overtime it will decay, give it some time, and eventually you've got your own fertilizer trees, nice and rich in nutrients) is helpful but can't prevent humans from making waste. So basically you can't expect to prevent environmental detriments, but only to gradually ease them.