SOCIOLOGY
Critical threats to the global environment.
Daniel Bravo
SOC450
DR. G. ROYAL-SMITH
March 1st, 2020
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Introduction
The global world faces various critical threats that impact o people’s health and lives.
This threat goes ahead to damages the global environment.
The four greatest environmental threats include
Inappropriate use of technology
Climate change
Energy sources
Civil war
The global world faces various critical threats that impact people's health and lives. These threats also go ahead to damage the global environment. Thus people need to understand the four greatest global threats to the environment (Herweijer et al., 2018). Foremost, there is the inappropriate use of technology, climate changes, energy sources, and civil war. These threats have a huge negative impact on the environment as they directly affect people, and the wildlife, which leads to more death and destruction in any area that severely gets affected.
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Inappropriate use of technology
Inappropriate use of technology is one of the greatest threats to global environments.
The use of technology involves the application of scientific knowledge for different purposes globally (Cera, 2017) .
Due to the massive technology developments, technology has become a great threat to the environment.
Inappropriate use of technology is one of the greatest threats to global environments. Technological evolution revolutionized people's lives. Today, communication and many services are as distant as one mouse click or a simple chat message (Cera, 2017). This has created huge negative impacts of technology on the environment. It has continued to damage the world through pollutions, Disrupting ecology, waste, and depleting natural resources. Thus, this has led technology to become a great threat to the environment.
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Country
Several countries have been affected by the inappropriate use of technology.
The majority of these countries are the most industrialized nation in the world.
One example is the United States which has seen significant use of technology but has also experienced negative effects on its environments (Cera, 2017).
Several countries have been affected by the inappropriate use of technology. The majority of these countries are the most industrialized nation in the world. One example is the United States which has seen significant use of technology but has also experienced negative effects on its environments. Inappropriate use of technology has caused significant environmental changes, notably in the biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere (Cera, 2017). For example, in the United States, emissions of primary pollutants into the atmosphere, fuel consumption in stationary sources, solid waste disposal, and miscellaneous.
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Global effects
Inappropriate use of technology has led to air and water pollution globally.
It has led to the depletion of natural resources.
It has also led to the disruption of ecology.
Created health hazards
Many of the technology being used globally on the daily bass consume many more resources and power than it's needed. Additionally, the use and manufacturing of the technology have created a mess by harming the environment (Herweijer et al., 2018). Foremost, they have led to air and water pollution. Air pollution occurs when harmful or excessive quantities of gases such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitric oxide, and methane are introduced into the earth's atmosphere. It has also led to the depletion of natural resources, disruption of ecology, and created health hazards.
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Statistics of how technology is impacting different countries
According to global statistics, the most developed countries are highly affected by the inappropriate use of technology. This is because the countries have excessive use of technology without proper regulation, which led to a negative impact on the global environment (Herweijer et al., 2018). China leads to the threat to the environment concerning the inappropriate use of technology, followed and by the U.S. and at number three, it's India.
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Climate change
Climate change is the second most critical threat to the environment.
This refers to the significant long terms changes in the global climate.
This can also be described as how far the pacific feeds typhoons' rising temperatures drop more rain, thus causing damage (Jordan et al., 2018).
This includes things like intense storms, rain, or drought.
Climate change is the second most critical threat to the environment that has continually affected different parts of the world. ITI.T. refers to the significant long terms changes in the global climate (Jordan et al., 2018). More specifically, it can also be described as how far the pacific feeds typhoons' rising temperatures drop more rain, thus causing damage. Climate change includes things like intense storms, rain, or drought. An increase of just half a meter in sea level would risk the very survival of the human population of many Pacific Island nations.
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Country affected
Many countries have been negatively affected by climate changes.
According to different analyses based on the impact of extreme weather, japan, the Philippines, and Germany are the most affected by climate change (Jordan et al., 2018).
Recent years have seen countries like Austria burning and losing homes, human lives, and billions of animals.
Many countries have been negatively affected by climate changes. According to different analyses based on the impact of extreme weather, japan, the Philippines, and Germany are the most affected by climate change. Recent years have seen countries like Austria burning and losing homes, human lives, and billions of animals. Notably, Japan has been affected in different ways (Jordan et al., 2018). Heavy rains, heat waves, the Osaka earthquake, and the Jebi typhoon, which ravaged Japan in 2018, made it the most threatened country in the world by climate change. Weather events themselves were behind 1,282 deaths on the island 1.01 per 100,000 inhabitants — and caused economic losses of 35,839 million dollars and a collapse of per capita Gross Domestic Product of 0.64%.
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Global effects
Climate changes tend to affect the global population through social, political, and economic aspects (Sheffield, 2017).
Some of the effects include:
Flooding for many communities
Increase in death
Decreased water availability for the population
Climate changes tend to affect the global population through social, political, and economic aspects. The changes affect the populations in different ways. For instance, it leads to a greater risk of flooding for many communities due to heavier rainfall from more intense storms as well as rising sea levels as polar ice caps melt (Sheffield, 2017). It also causes An increase in deaths due to heat stress, a reduction in crop yields in most tropical and sub-tropical regions for most projected increases in temperature, and An increase in the number of people exposed to vector-borne.
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The image shows some of the effects of the climatic changes on the world population. Climate changes led to floods, drought, and even world fires which causes massive destruction to the environment.
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Energy sources
Energy sources have various impacts on our environment.
Sources like natural gas, coal, oil, and fossil fuels cause more harm than the environment (Chen et al., 2019).
However, there is some source like renewable energy source which are friendly to the environment.
Energy sources have various impacts on our environment. Sources like natural gas, coal, oil, and fossil fuels cause more harm than the environment. However, there are some sources like renewable energy source which are friendly to the environment. Energy and environmental problems are closely related since it is nearly impossible to produce, transport, or consume energy without significant environmental impact (Chen et al., 2019). The environmental problems directly related to energy production and consumption include air pollution, climate change, water pollution, thermal pollution, and solid waste disposal.
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Country affected
Various countries have been negatively affected by energy sources.
One highly affected country is china.
China is the world largest primary energy consumer (Chen et al., 2019).
Large percent of its energy fuels is obtained from fossil fuels.
Various countries have been negatively affected by global energy sources, which has also impacted their environment. China is among the largest affected by energy sources. This is because China is the largest consumer of primary energy in the world. The majority of primary energy fuels are derived from fossil fuels. China’s energy consumption has risen significantly over the past fifteen years (Chen et al., 2019). This has affected the country through air pollution. Rising levels of smog and hazardous PM 2.5 particles have increased public health concerns, leading to greater public commentary about pollution in the nation’s press and social media.
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Effect on world population
Energy sources have various impacts on the environment and world population.
These energy sources like fuels, oil, etc., lead to air and water pollution (Chen et al., 2019).
The sources also lead to damage to public health, habitat and wildlife loss, global; warming emissions.
Energy sources have various impacts on the environment and world population. These energy sources like fuels, oil, etc., lead to air and water pollution. The sources also lead to damage to public health, habitat and wildlife loss, global warming emissions. However, energy has both positive and negative impacts on societies (Chen et al., 2019). Access to abundant, affordable, secure, safe, and clean energy is beneficial for humans. But energy extraction, transportation, and use can have negative consequences to society's health, environment, and economics.
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The images show the challenges and impacts of energy uses on the environment from 1990 to around 2035. Excessive use of bad energy sources will continue to affect the different countries as years pass by (Chen et al., 2019). However, countries are being encouraged to adopt renewable energy sources to globally reduce the impact of the
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Civil war
Civil wars are one of the human impacts that also affect the global environments.
The environmental effects of wars start long before the wars have even begun (Cederman & Vogt, 2017).
Sustaining and building military forces consumes a massive amount of resources.
Civil wars are one of the human impacts that also affect the global environments. The environmental effects of wars start long before the wars have even begun. Sustaining and building military forces consumes a massive amount of resources. These might be common metals or rare earth elements, water, or hydrocarbons (Cederman & Vogt, 2017). Military vehicles, aircraft, vessels, buildings, and infrastructure all require energy, and more often than not, energy is oil, and energy efficiency is low. Militaries also need large land and sea areas, whether for bases and facilities or testing and training. Military training creates emissions, disruption to landscapes and terrestrial and marine habitats, and creates chemical and noise pollution from weapons, aircraft, and vehicles.
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Country
One country most affected by the civil war is Vietnam.
The Vietnam war had greats environmental implications due to chemical agents.
The agents were used to destroy significant vegetation.
Countries like the USU.S. used millions of herbicides to defoliate forests in Vietnam.
One country most affected by the civil war is Vietnam. The Vietnam war had greats environmental implications due to chemical agents. The agents were used to destroy significant vegetation. Countries like the USU.S. used millions of herbicides to defoliate forests in Vietnam (Cederman & Vogt, 2017). Habitat devastation occurred during the Vietnam War when U.S. forces sprayed herbicides like Agent Orange on the forests and mangrove swamps that provided cover to guerrilla soldiers. Additionally, the warfare caused people's mass movement, Widespread deforestation, unchecked hunting, soil erosion, and contamination of land and water by human waste occur when thousands of humans are forced to settle in a new area.
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Effects on the global population
Civil wars lead to the massive displacement of refugees.
Changes in wildlife due to soils and economic changes
Overhunting of mammal species from solders
The decline in the oil and mining industry
Lack of human settlements in the demilitarized areas.
The effects of war are widely spread and can be long-term. Across conflict-affected areas, stories of affected infrastructure, water resource challenges, deforestation, and oil pollution, backed by satellite imagery, open-source investigations, and official accounts, occur. In general, several changes to wildlife occur due to indirect changes caused by war – including political and socio-economic changes (Palmer et al., 2019). Direct impacts during the war included things like overhunting of large mammal species from soldiers and pauses on anti-poaching patrols, which causes significant impacts on population declines. Other effects of war include declines in oil and mining industries and lack of human settlements in demilitarized zones.
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The images show some of the effects that civil war caused on the environment. Wars lead to huge destruction both for people, animals, and the environment in general.
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Conclusion
Various factors like the inappropriate use of technology, climate changes, energy sources, and environmental risks are the greatest threats to the global environment.
These epidemics have severe consequences of jeopardizing the environment.
Various factors like the inappropriate use of technology, climate changes, energy sources, and environmental risks are the greatest threats to the global environment. These epidemics have severe consequences of jeopardizing the environment. The world and agencies like the UNU.N. are trying hard to fight the environmental strains (Palmer et al., 2019). Actions are being taken to create policies to address the modern threats and restore positive environmental habits. Many countries have been negatively affected by these threats, and the world should adopt a way to cab the problems. There should be methods for monitoring and controlling the environmental hazards and save the human and wildlife population.
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