Adverse Impacts of Changing Climatic Conditions on the Environment due to increasing Pollution

Authors

  • Piyush Gupta Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, SRM University, NCR Campus, Modinagar, India

Keywords:

Environment, Climatic change, Pollution, Global Warming, Pollutants, Waste, Health

Abstract

This paper deals with the different perceptions about global environmental crisis due to the over burden of pollution. Environmental problems are not as bad as they are made out to be. The earth is a self-evolving and self-regulating living system and it will survive (Gaia Theory). The common issues associated with the earth’s environment are Environmental pollution, Water scarcity, Contamination of food, Waste management, Global Climate Change, Land degradation, Desertification (80% of forests are destroyed), Acid Rain, Ozone Layer Depletion, Soil Erosion, Loss of Biodiversity and Mass extinction (Most species are endangered and 50% may go extinct by 2025) etc.

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Published

2015-12-30

How to Cite

Piyush Gupta. (2015). Adverse Impacts of Changing Climatic Conditions on the Environment due to increasing Pollution. International Journal of Life Sciences, 3(4), 403–408. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/1267

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 4 (2015): International Journal of Life Sciences

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Review Articles

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