ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Planting trees to control soil erosion
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Limiting the use of chemicals that kill weeds.
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Stopping the draining of swamps.
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Burning coal and oil to generate electric power.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water.
Detailed explanation-2: -Along with adding to greenhouse gas pollution, burning coal emits toxic and carcinogenic substances into our air, water and land, severely affecting the health of miners, workers and surrounding communities.
Detailed explanation-3: -The environmental problems directly related to energy production and consumption include air pollution, climate change, water pollution, thermal pollution, and solid waste disposal.
Detailed explanation-4: -Burning fossil fuels, releasing chemicals into the atmosphere, reducing the amount of forest cover, and the rapid expansion of farming, development, and industrial activities are releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and changing the balance of the climate system.